[Omeo33] Art 1184 - Homeopathy, 2011, 100 (1), 62-72

[Gino Santini]

A proving of Hydrophis cyanocinctus
J.R. Raeside, Ch.B.Glas

The proving carried out in 1958 on the venom of the sea-snake  
Hydrophis cyanocinctus, resulted from a number of papers published in  
the British Medical Journal by Dr. H. A. Reid, Specialist Physician at  
the General Hospital, Penang, Malaya. These articles on sea-snake  
bites were noticed by Dr. Twentyman who asked Mr. Everitt of Nelson’s  
to obtain some venom. This was done with the help of Dr. Sankaran of  
Bombay. Of the numerous species of sea-snake it was a Hydrophis which  
was obtained, its venom extracted and the dead snake sent to London  
for identification. It was from this venom that potencies were  
obtained which were used in our proving.
Dr. Reid’s papers were published in the British Medical Journal on  
July 14th, 1956, July 6th, 1957 and November 30th, 1957. In these  
articles he describes and discusses sea-snakes generally and the  
effects of the bite particularly. His information is largely original,  
resulting from a survey of bites on Malayan fishing villages. He gives  
a detailed account of the clinical picture of various bites and  
tabulates the symptoms and signs. Incidentally some of these were his  
own symptoms when accidentally bitten, and he records that the effects  
of the treatment were much worse than those of the snake-bite! The  
poisoning symptoms lasted four days, and the treatment effects lasted  
for one year!

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