ated or soda-water every quarter of an hour, to
support the nervous energy and allay the distressing thirst.

"But," he continues, "there is yet wanting some remedy that shall
rapidly counteract the poison introduced into the blood, and assist in
expelling it from the system. The well-authenticated accounts of the
success attending the internal use of arsenic in injuries arising from
the bites of venomous reptiles in the East and West Indies, and also in
Africa, and the well-known properties of this medicine as a powerful
tonic and alterative in conditions of impaired vitality of the blood
arising from the absorption of certain blood-poisons, would lead me to
include this agent in the treatment already mentioned. It should be
administered in combination with ammonia, in full doses, frequently
repeated, so as to neutralize quickly the poison circulating in the
blood before it can be eliminated from the system. This could readily
be accomplished by adding ten to fifteen minims of Fowler's solution to
the compound spirit of ammonia, to be given every quarter of an hour in
aerated or soda-water, until the vomiting and the more urgent symptoms
of collapse have subsided, subsequently repeating the dose at longer
intervals until reaction had become fully established, and the patient
relieved by copious bilious dejections."

_Cedron_, which is a nut that grows on the Isthmus of Panama, and which
is sold by the druggists in New York, is said to be an infallible
antidote to serpent-bites. In the _Bullet. de l'Acad. de Med._ for
February, 1858, it is stated that a man was bitten at Panama by a
_coral snake_, the most poisonous species on the Isthmus. During the
few seconds that it took him to take the cedron from his bag, he was
seized with violent pains at the heart and throat; but he had scarcely
chewed and swallowed a piece of the nut about the size of a small bean,
when the pains ceased as by magic. He chewed a little more, and applied
it externally to the wound, when the pains disappeared, and were
followed by a copious evacuation of a substance like curdled milk. Many
other cases are mentioned where the cedron proved an antidote.

CHAPTER V.

Bivouacs. Tente d'Abri. Gutta-percha Knapsack Tent. Comanche Lodge.
Sibley Tent. Camp Furniture. Litters. Rapid Traveling. Fuel. Making
Fires. Fires on the Prairies. Jerking Meat. Making Lariats. Making
Caches. Disposition of Fire-arms. Colt's Revolvers. Gun Accidents.
Trailin