314 



INDEX 



Snake bite poisoning, certain alleged anti- 

 dotes for 293 



stones, used for snake bite 293 



venom, action upon heart 209 



kidney 208 



liver 207 



lungs 208 



muscles 209 



spleen 208 



amount secreted 70 



antibactericidal properties of 



215-218 



cytolysins in 199-205 



description of 79-80 



diastatic actions of 213 



effect of, on cells of cold- 

 blooded animals 201-204 



effect of, on cells of warm- 

 blooded animals 199-200 



effect of, on coagulability of 



blood 133 



effect on nervous system . 124-132 



ferments in 210-214 



hBemolysins of 145 



histological changes produced 

 on various organs and tissues 



206-209 



lipolytic action of 213 



neurotoxins of 143-155 



physical and chemical prop- 

 erties of 77~93 



precipitin-reaction with . . 261-263 



proteolytic action of 211 



toxicity of 7i~76 



Snakes, effects of snake venom upon 264 



Sodium, carbonate of, effects on snake venom loi 



citrate 135, 136 



antihsemolytic property. . 189, 190 

 fluoride, effect on venomized plasma 136 



oleate 183, 193 



Solenoglypha i, 11, 46 



Solubility of various protein constituents of 



venom 80 



Specificity of antivenins 233-245 



Spermatozoa, effects of snake venom upon. .201- 



202, 270-284 

 Spinal cord, paralysis, in venom toxication. . 127, 



130. 131. 132 

 Spleen, histological change in, caused by 



venom 208 



Staphylococcus aureus 205 



Stenophis 5 



Stenorhina 10 



Strychnine, value of, as an antidote to venom 



toxication 291-292 



Strychnos colubrina, used for snake bite .... 293 



Sugar-cane, used for snake bite 293 



Sulphuric acid, effects on snake venom. . .98, loi 

 Sun, effects upon neurotoxin of snake venom . 144 

 Supervenomization of blood corpuscles ..... 195 



Swallow-root, used for snake bite 293 



Sycotypus, cells of 151 



Symptoms, venom poisoning in man 106-1 1 2 



Syntonin 83, 84 



Systematic position of venomous snakes 1-3 



Tach3rmenis 6 



Tanjora pills, used for snake bite 293 



Tannic acid, effects on snake venom 98 



Tantilla 9 



coronata 9 



eiseni 9 



gracilis 9 



nigriceps 9 



Taphrometopon 6 



Tarbophis 6 



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Tarbophis vivax, venomous nature of bite of. 123 



Thalassophis 28 



anomalus 28 



Thamnodynastes 6 



Thanatophidia i 



Thelotornis 10 



Therapeutic values of antivenins 233-245 



Thrombogen 137 



Thrombosis, intravascular 135, 144 



Tomodon 6 



Tortricina i 



Toxalbumins 85 



Toxic secretions of venomous snakes 70-76 



Toxicity of snake venom 71-76 



tissues of venomous snakes 219 



Toxoid, heemolysin 179 



ha;morrhagin 169 



Tragops prasinus, venomous nature of bite 



of 123 



Treatment of snake bite with antivenins . 294-296 



Trichloride of iodide, effects on snake venom 99 



Trigonocephalus 37 



Trimeresurus 37 



riukiuanus, effect of venom of, 



upon the nervous system. ... 125 



riukiuanus, mortality caused by 75 



Trimerorhinus 6 



Trimorphodon 7 



biscutatus, venomous nature 



of bite of 122 



coUaris 8 



lambda 8 



lyrophanes 8 



tau 8 



upsilon 8 



vilkinsonii 8 



Tropidechis 22 



carinata 22 



Tropidonotus natrix 48, 49 



piscator ,, 51 



subminiatus 49 



tesselatus 50 



torquatus 49 



viperinus 49 



Trypanurgos 6 



Trypanosomes, effects of venom 205 



Trypsin 105 



TyphlopidcB, definition of 2 



Urodelia, mucous glands of oral cavity 47 



Uropeltidse, definition of 2 



Vagus 125, 128, 129, 130 



Vasomotor center 124, 125, 132 



Venom activators 183-189 



agglutination 162-198, 282-284 



albumin 82 



and antivenin regenerated from their 



neutral combination 248 



cytolysis, mechanism of 204 



ferments 210-214 



rolesof, in venom toxication 210 



globulins 80, 82 



haemolysis, amboceptor nature of ... . 170 



effect of antivenin 168 



injurious effects on blood 



corpuscles 189 



protective property of 



acids on 185 



toxoid formation of 169 



haemolysis 162-198 



among cold-blooded ani- 

 mals 282, 284 



in saccharose solution. ... 185 



mechanism of 185-194 



new era of study of 169 



