Bothrops Lanceolatus
Clarke, A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, 1900, Vol. I, p. 298
Yellow viper. Vipera june. Fer-de-lance of the island of Martinique. N. O. Crotalidae. Solution of the poison in glycerine ; attenuations in rectified spirit
Clinical
Blindness. Bones, necrosis of. Day-blindness. Gangrene. Haemorrhages. Lungs, congestion of. Tongue, paralysis of.
Characteristics
The most peculiar symptoms of Bothrops, for for which Ozanam is the authority, are these : Amaurosis. Dayblindness — ''can scarcely see her way after sunrise." Inability to articulate without any affection of the tongue. Haemorrhages, the blood being fluid and black. All the symptoms of pulmonary congestion, expressed breathing and bloody expectoration, more or less profuse. Paralysis of one arm or one leg only. After being bitten in the little finger of one hand, paralysis began in the fingertips of the other hand and extended over the whole of that side. Eieep gangrene, bones laid bare and necrotic. Intolerable pain in rit great toe (patient bitten in left thumb). The diagonal course of symptoms is marked. Hemiplegia. Dissecting gangrene. Slight shivering followed by very profuse cold sweat.
Relations p. 299
Comjar: Other serpent poisons. Bell has nightblindness.