396 



VENOMS 



Salamandra atra (black salamander), 313. 



,, viaculosa (spotted salamander), 313, 314. 



Salamandridine prepared from venom of salamanders, 317. 

 Salamandrine, prepared from venom of salamanders, 317. 

 Saliva of Heloderma horridum sometimes toxic, sometimes harmless, 3'23. 



,, venomous, of non-poisonous snakes, 214. 

 Sangis, name of snake-charmers of Bengal, 229. 



Sao-Paulo (Brazil), laboratory for production of antivenomous serum at, 24H, 252. 

 Scales, arrangement of, on heads of poisonous snakes, 14, 15. 

 Scolopendra, 280. 

 Scolopendrid(X, bite of, 2gl. 

 Scai-pcBiia, 288, 289, 293. 



,, poison-apparatus of, 294. 

 ,, diabobis, 293. 

 ,, grandicornis, 293. 

 ,, porcus, 294. 

 Scorpio occitanus, 211, 278. 

 Scorpion, blood of, antitoxic, 279. 

 ,, manner of stinging, 277. 

 ,, poison, 278. 



,, affinities with that of Colubridie, 278. 



,, neurotoxin of, 278. 



Scorpionidea (scorpions), 276. 

 Sea-snakes, 131. See also HydrophiincB. 



„ (Hydrophis), venom from, 360. 



Sepedon hccmachates (spitting snake or ringhals slang), 63. 

 ,, ,, bite of, cure, 337. 



,, ,, venom of, purulent ophthalmia discharged by spitting, 63, 64. 



,, ,, ,, ,, „ caused bj' projection of, 62. 180. 



Serous membranes, local effects on, of cobra-venom, slight, 179. 



,, ,, ,, ,, venoms of ViperidcB, severe, 179. 



Serph, collection of venom. 156. 

 Serranus, 304. 



,, ouatabili, 304. 

 Serum, antivenomous, antineurotoxic, 250, 251. 



,, potency against cobra-venom, 250, 251. 252. 



in treatment of bites of poisonous snakes, 326. 



,, yellow fever, 184. 



method for measuring power of, 256, 257. 



,, ,, ,, in vitro, 202. 



neutralisation of snake-venom by, 253-258. 



,, ,, ,, experiments showing necessary pro- 



portions to effect, 254, 255. 

 polyvalent, 251. 



,, prepared from horse, 251. 



preparation of, 246. 



,, test-solutions, 247. 



„ at Pasteur Institute, Lille, 245-248. 



,, special laboratories, 248, 252. 



