Lacerta

Aidhority. 5, Sidney B. Cushion, Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. xxi, 1840, p. 367, a girl, aged thirteen years, was bitten on the sole of the left foot by a large green spotted lizard.

Numbness of the foot, as though it had been deprived of sensation by cording the ankle, and that occasional prickling that occurs on the return of circulation; numbness continued spreading upward; the whole limb became severely swollen, with most excruciating pain on the slightest motion. Inflammatory blush over the direction of the lymphatics (second day). The muscles of the neck and jaw of that side were rigid and tender to touch. Much difficulty in swallowing. Occasional delirium, particularly the first week. Wonderfully increased mental acumen during her intervals of reason. Whole left side paralyzed. The limbs were spotted a short time before death, which occurred on the twenty-first day,^