Deadly snakes are generally distinguishable by the thinness of the neck, immediately behind the head, and by their having only two teeth in the upper jaw.
Kerosene oil is a never failing remedy for the cure of the bite of snakes and all other poisonous reptiles. Bind cloth wet with kerosene on the wound and keep it wet. If wound is not fresh and open make a small incision across the wound before applying the kerosene, also take internally a tablespoon of kerosene. Repeat the dose every hour till three or four doses have been taken.
Alcohol, in any of its forms, should be drunk largely by the patient. Let him drink it freely, a gill or more at a time, often once in fifteen to twenty minutes (or small doses oftener), until symptoms of intoxication are experienced by the patient.
Onions are a speedy and effective dure. Patients in the very agonies of death have been cured with them. Pound and apply them raw; followed by fresh applications as soon as a disagreeable odour occurs. In dangerous and critical cases the whole person should be enveloped in this preparation of onions, then bathed with tepid water and renewed as often as the unpleasant odour is produced.
Lard is also a superior remedy. Bind it on the wound; take a tablespoon every half hour, in a liquid state, until six or eight doses have been taken.
Soft clay mud, applied to the wound, is another good remedy, and has been known to cure. This is considered a most potent remedy by the Indians.
Snake-bitten cattle or horses are usually bitten in the feet. When this is the case, all that is necessary to do is to drive them into a mud-hole and keep them there for a few hours. If upon the nose, bind the mud upon the place in such a manner as not to interfere with their breathing.
This information was taken from Vitalogy, a real medical book published in 1923. This column is for entertainment only and should not be taken as advice by anyone, ever.