HI 15 LI OG RAT II Y. 



129 



riinontalis. Pars II, ExevciUit, II, par 34. 



Liiidavia}, I in 4to, 1692. 



Reports cures from u.'iing a hot iron, wUioli 

 w.ns brouglit as near to the wound as it could 

 be borno by the patient. [S.] 



Brainard (Daviu, M. D.). On the nature and 

 cure of tlic bite of serpents, and the wounds 

 of poisoned arrows. Smithsonian Reports, 

 1854, p. 123. 



Describes woorara, and considers that it owes 

 its poisoning power to a venom. Advocates 

 the nse of iodine as an antidote to bo injected 

 into and about the track of the wounds made 

 by serpents or by poisoned arrows. 

 Brainard (David). Essay on a new method of 

 treating serpent bites and other poisoned 

 wounds. 8vo. i)ani))lilet, Cliicago, 1854. 

 Much the same as the last paper (vide supra), 

 with now observations on tlie phenomena of 

 crotalophorous poisoning. 

 Brainard and Grken. Comptes Rendns de I'Aca- 

 dcmie des Sciences, p. 811, 1853. 



Contains details of observations on the use of 

 iodine in woorara poisoning and in snake-bites. 

 Breintnal (C). Engl. Philosophical Trans, abrd., 

 X, 229. 



Reports his own case of Crotalus bite. 

 Brickell. New York Medical Repository, VIII, 

 441, 1805. 



Gives his own experiments upofl the reaction 

 of Rattlesnake venom. 

 Brooiano (Domknico). Dc Veneno Auiniantium 

 naturali ct adquisito, p. 38, 4to. 



An extremely interesting dissertation on the 



eli'eots of viper venom upon the economy of 



man. 



Brotonne (De). Ergo specificum viperiB raorsus 



antidotura alcali volatile. Paris, 1118. [S.] 



P.ulletin de 'iV'rapcutique, XXXI, 10, 1846. 



Case of viper bite successfully treated by am- 

 monia. [S.] 

 Burnett (W. I.). Proc. Boston Nat. Uist. Societ}', 

 IV, 311, 323. 



On the succession of the fangs in Crotalus, 



describes his mode of procuring the venom by 



chloroforming the snake and then pressing on 



the glands. Also observation of the effect 



produced by mingling the venom with blood. 



Burton (William). Letter concerning the Viper 



Catchers, and their Remedy for the Bite of a 



Viper. (Engl. Phil. Trans., No. 443, 1134.) 



Reports experiments tried on a man to show 

 the utility of olive oil in viper bites. [S.] 

 Camerarus (Elias). Dissertationes Epistolico 

 physico medico;. Tubingen, 1112, m. 2. 

 He seeks to.prove that the viper is not equally 

 venomous in all localities, and cites facts to 

 support this opinion. [S.] 

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Cantor. I^ondon Zoological Trans., II, 304. 



On I'elagio snakes. Action of their venom on 

 the tortoise, etc. 

 Cardose. Des eCfcts d'une piqure faite par la dent 

 d'une vipfcre morte. Aanales de la Soc. dc 

 Med. pratique dc Montpcllicr, serie II, I, 

 119. [S.] 

 Carminati (B.). Saggi di osservazioni sui veneno 

 dclla vipera. Opusc. scelti, I, 58, 1118. [S.] 

 Catesby. Natural History of Carolina; also cited 

 by Mortimer, Engl. Phil. Trans., 1138, p. 8. 

 Advises the actual cautery as a remedy in 

 snake-bites. Early natural history of the 

 Rattlesnake, etc. 

 Cauuo. Exposition du moyen curatif des acci- 

 dents i)rodnits par la morsurede I'Arraignee 

 13 guttata ou Theridion mal mignatte du 

 department de la Corse, suivi de quclques 

 reflexions snr Ic mode d'agir de son venin 

 ct de celui de la vipbre, in 4to. Theses de 

 Paris, No. 128, 1833. 



Proposes a secret remedy, camphor and opium, 

 which ho describes as useful in spider bites, 

 and which, therefore, he presumes would be 

 valuable iu those of the viper. [S.] 

 Caventou. Relation do quclques nouvellcs ex- 

 periences ftiites par M. Desaulx, avec le 

 venin dc la vipfcre. Archives General de 

 Medecine, serie I, XIII, 518. [S.] 

 Cayal. Rage communiqiu'e par la morsurc d'un 

 chicn, cssais de traitemcnt par Parsonic, 

 l'hydrog5ne sulphure et par lo venin de la 

 vipere, mort 10 heures aprts I'iuvasion des 

 premiers symptomes ; necropsic. Revue 

 Med., Ill, 381, 1831. [S.] 

 Cazentre (de Bordeaux). Notice sur los pro- 

 prieti'S thera|)eutiqucs de ccdroii. (.lourn. 

 des Conn. Mcdico-Chirurg., 1850.) 



States that the ccdron is an infaUil)le remedy 

 in serpent bites. [S.] 

 Celsus. Dc re nicdica; dc medicamcntis, lib. V, 

 cap. XXVII, § 3, Lyon, 1856, in 8. 



Prefers the suction of poisoned wounds to the 

 ligature, to cups, or to incisions. [S.] 

 CiiABERT (Jean-Louis). Du Huaco et de ses vertus 

 mcdiGinales in 8, 1853. 



Reports marvellous effects of mikania (juaco iu 

 serpent bites, even of the most terrible kiud. 

 [S.] 



CiiARAS (MoiSE). Nouvellcs experiences sur la 

 vipere ou I'un verra vne description cxacte 

 dc tovtes ses parties, la sovrce de son venin; 

 ses divers effcts et les remedes exquis que les 

 artistes peuveflt tirer de la vipere taut pour 

 la guerison de ses rnorsures que pour celle de 



