"Shortly before 4 p.m. on November 17, 1901, Lance-Corporal G., Royal Scots, was bitten on the right forefinger by a snake. On being brought to hospital, Assistant-Surgeon Raymond tied a tight ligature round the finger, scarified the wound, and applied a strong solution of calcium chloride. On my arrival I found the patient apparently quite well, and not at all alarmed. As I could get no information as to the nature of the snake, I injected into the patient’s flank at 4.30 p.m. 3 c.c. of Calmette’s serum, and sent for the snake, which was the property of one of the men in barracks. The snake was brought to me just before 6 p.m., and I found it to be a cobra about 3½ feet long, of the pale-coloured variety that natives call Brahmini cobra. I at once injected 7 c.c. of Calmette’s serum into the other flank. The patient thus received one full dose of serum. The ligature was removed from the finger, which was swollen and very painful. "Up to half an hour after the bite the patient, a healthy and powerful man, presented no abnormal symptoms: pulse, respiration, pupils, temperature, and general appearance, all were normal. His pulse and respiration began to increase in frequency, and the pulse became very compressible, but quite regular. After the first injection of serum his temperature was 98° F., pulse full, high tension, regular, 88, and respirations greatly increased in frequency. He now became very drowsy, and had to be roused when the second injection of serum was given. Soon after this the patient’s general condition and pulse improved.... He had complete loss of sensation in the bitten finger, in the part terminal to the site of the puncture, for some days.... The injection of Calmette’s serum gave rise to no local reaction, and caused no pain. It did not affect the temperature, but was followed in half an hour by perspiration, which was very profuse four hours after the injection.... The patient made a complete recovery.... The serum used in this case was fresh, having been prepared at Lille in July, 1901.” VIII.--Note of case treated by Major Rennie, R.A.M.C., transmitted by M. Klobukowski, French Consul-General at Calcutta, September 5, 1899:-- “A remarkable cure effected by Major Rennie, by means of Calmette’s method, has just taken place at Meerut. Since the introduction of this remedy three years ago, its efficacy has been abundantly proved, but the present case is especially interesting, since it seems to show that the serum can be successfully employed even in cases apparently desperate. The well-known symptoms of poisoning by cobra-venom were already so advanced that the patient, who was insensible, was kept alive by artificial respiration in order to give time for the serum to be absorbed and to take effect.