Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1918 — Snakes. [ARTICLE]

Snakes.

An explanation of this hallucination is offered by the result of French experiments a few years ago. Sixteen alcoholic patients were examined with the ophthalmoscope, and it was found that the minute blood vessels in the retina of the eyes were congested. In this condition they appear black, and are projected Into the field of vision, where their movements resemble* the squirming of serpents.