390 VENOMS 



Mons on bite from horned viper, 349. 

 Morgenrotb, on combination of venom with lecithin, '254. 

 ,, reconstitution of toxins, 257. 



,, and Carpi, lecithide of bee-venom prepared by, 285. 



Mortality from bite of Naja in India, 38. 



,, ,, Fipera 6erHs (common viper or adder), 27. 



,, ' ,, poisonous snake-bite ; localities: — 



Australia, 100, 261. 

 France, 3. 

 India, 2, 38, -363. 

 Martniique, 113. 

 Mottled Rattle-snake 124, 125. See also Crotalus confliientus. 

 Moudon, on bite from Cerastes, 348. 

 Moult of snake's skin, 16, 20. 



,, venom shows greatest activity after, 176. 

 Mouse, experiments on, demonstrating neutralisation of venom by antitoxin, 254. 

 Mucous membranes, acute inflammation produced by deposit of venoms on, 180. 

 Murcena, 309. 



,, poison apparatus in buccal teeth, 288. 



of, .309, 310. 

 ,, Helena, 309. 

 ,, viorinrja, 309. 

 Murcenidce, 307, .309. 

 Murex brandaris, 286. 

 ,, trunculus, 286. 

 Murison, Lieutenant C. C, on bite from Ecliis carinata, 347. 

 Muscles, striated, action of venoms on, 184. 

 Muscular apparatus of head of poisonous snakes, 11, 12, 13. 

 Myriopods, venomous species of, 280. 



Naja (cobra), 33, 59. 



habits of species of, 37. 



legend relating to marks on its neck, 87. 



mortality from bite of, in India, 38. 



poison-glands of, 148. 



venom of, active hsemolysing power possessed by, 199. 



worship bestowed on, by Hindus, 38. 



anchietce, 62. 



buiigarus [OxyJiiophagus or Hamadryas elajps, king cobra or hamadryad), 37, 38. 



,, action of venom, 89. 



,, feeds on other snakes, 88. 



,, killed by mongoose, 223. 



,, method of procuring food, 38, 39. 



,, vindictiveness of, 39. 

 flava, 61. 

 goldii, 62. 



liaje or haie (Egyptian cobra), 59. 

 ,, bites from, 356. 



