Loss of speech after snake-bite is discussed in Chapter XVII, under the head of Aphasia.
A peculiar complication is a distressing inflammation of the mouth of individuals that have sucked the wounds containing venom.

This custom is still quite common, and is preferred by the laity to the surer and much wiser method of immediate cauterization by fire.

There is a curious case reported of a young man who was bitten on the ankle by a viper; he had not sucked the wound, but he presented such an enormous swelling of the tongue as to be almost provocative of a fatal issue.

In this case the lingual swelling was a local effect of the general constitutional disturbance.
Cases of Snake-bite .-- The following case illustrative of the tenacity of virulence of snake-venom was reported by Mr.Temple, Chief Justice of Honduras, and quoted by a London authority.

While working at some wood-cutting a man was struck on a heavy boot by a snake, which he killed with an axe.