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Letter on a rattlesnake bite and remarkable recovery
Dr A C Derimen recounts a January rattlesnake bite three miles from town and a harrowing nine days of near death. He details swelling, convulsions, and a rare ammonia remedy injected by a nurse that halted the venom, followed by two months of slow healing amid great nursing care and support from neighbors.
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Ari
Lake Clia
Mr. Nettlerode
India
British India
Trull
David
Talso
W. Lipser
Messrs. Schindler
Valentine Moss
A. Cotrell
Capt. Hall
H. Florenville