Australian Snake Bites : Their Treatment andCure. - The Use andAbuse of Tobacco

TitleAustralian Snake Bites : Their Treatment andCure. - The Use andAbuse of Tobacco
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1868
AuthorsBerncastle, J
PublisherMason Firth & Co.
CityMelbourne
Accession NumberPR0000223
Abstract

Pages of note: 14-31 A miscellaneous collection of earlier papers and some press comment on them; his lecture on "Snake Bites and Their Cure"; reprint of his letter to The Age on "The Treatment of Snake-Bites"; directions for the successful treatment of Australian snake bite; recommends - excision, a pint of brandy or other spirits and rest; pp.14-31 "The Use and Abuse of Tobacco" a 1857 paper read before The Royal Society of New South Wales.