INDEX. 



A. 



Abdomen, post-mortem appearances of, 107. 



Absorption of venom, 16. 



Absorption of veuOm by the lungs, 11. 



Abstinence of snakes hi captivity, 3. 



Acetic acid, effect of, on venom, 33. 



Action of venom on warm-blooded animals, 64. 



Action of venom on tissues and fluids, 76. 



Acute poisoning, rabbit, 67. 



Acute poisoning by venom, state of blood in, 89. 



Acute poisoning of frogs by venom, 55. 



Acute poisoning of pigeons, 64. 



Alcohol as a constitutional remedy in Rattlesnake 



bite, 114. 

 Alcohol as a local treatment, 112. 

 Alcohol does not injure venom, 45. 

 Alcohol, effect of, on venom, 34. 

 Alcohol, warm, inhalation of, 116. 

 Albuminoid compounds in venom, 37. 

 Alexander on the ligature, 110, 111. 



Alkalies, effect of, on venom, 34. 



Ammonia as local treatment, 112. 



Ammonia as au antidote, 113. 



Amputation as local treatment, 100. 



Analogy between Crotalus poisoning and other 

 maladies, 97. 



Analysis of venom, 35. 



Antidotes, 108, 113. 



Antidote, Bibrou's, 113. 



Antidotes, classification of, 113. 



Antidotes, local, 109. 



Antidotes, observations upon, 112. 



Arsenic as an antidote, 113. 



Atchison (Dr.), case of Rattlesnake bile, UIO. 



B. 



Barton (Dr. B. S.) on fascination, 5. 

 Bernard (Claude), criticism on Foutana, Gl. 

 Bibliography— Appendix B, 127. 

 Bibron's antidote, history of, 113. 

 Bichloride of mercury, effect of, on venom, 34. 



Bite of the Rattlesnake, physiological mechani.sm 



of, 20. 

 Bite of Rattlesnake, failure of, from miscalculation 



of the distance, 25. 

 Bite of Rattlesnake, failure of, from want of force 



in the blow, 25. 

 Bite of Rattlesnake, failure of, from want of com- 

 plete erection of the fangs, 25. 

 Bite of Rattlesnake, failure of, owing to sudden 



withdrawal of the fang, 25. 

 Bite of Rattlesnake, failure of, owing to escape of 

 venom between the fang and the extremity of 

 the duct, 22, 25. 

 Blindness, partial, of snake, during shedding of 



skin, 4. 

 Blood, conclusions as to changes in, 94. 

 Blood, crystallization of, after venom poisoning, 92. 

 Blood, effect of venom on, 89. 

 Blood, globules of, observations on, in acute and 



chronic poisoning, 91. 

 Blood and tissues, altered relations between, during 



venom poisoning, 94. 

 Blood, state of, in man after death by Rattlesnake- 

 bite, 106. 

 Boiled venom active, 44. 



Bonaparte (Prince Lucien), analysis of \-\\>tr ve- 

 nom, 35. 

 Bone, ecto-pterygoid, 7. 

 Bone, lachrymal, 7. 

 Bone, maxillary, articulations of, 8. 

 Bone, palatal, 7. 

 Bone, superior maxillary, C. 

 Bones of heads of serpents, arrangement of, to 



permit of swallowing large animals, 6. 

 Brainard (Prof. David), action of venom on liloud, 



91. 



Brainard (Prof. David), use of iodine as an anti- 

 dote, 46. 



Brainard (Prof. David), iodine as a local antidote, 



111. 

 Brainard (Prof. David), on alcohol_ us au antidote, 



115, 116. 



