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INDEX. 



Brainard (Prof. David), taste of venom, 31. 

 Brickell, acid reaction of Rattlesnake venom, 31. 

 Burnett (W. J,) on blood-globules in venom poison- 

 ing, 92. 

 Burnett (W. J.) on the fang, 16. 

 Burnett (W. J.), ingestion of venom, 70. 



Calorification, action of venom on, 88. 



Capacity of gland and ducts, relation of, to length 



and weight of snake, 29. 

 Capillary circulation unaffected by venom, 86. 

 Capsule of venom gland, 11. 

 Caudisona, 119. 

 Caudisona adamantea, 121. 

 Caudisona atrox, 121. 

 Caudisona cerastes, 124. 

 Caudisona confluenta, 122. 

 Caudisona durissa, 120. 

 Caudisona horrida, 122, 123. 

 Caudisona loeflingii, 120. 

 Caudisona Le Contei, 121. 

 Caudisona lepida, 124. 

 Caudisona lucifer, 121. 

 Caudisona lugubris, 122. 

 Caudisona molossus, 124. 

 Caudisona terrifica, 120. 

 Caudisona tigris, 122. 

 Caustics as local treatment. 111. 

 Cells of sphincter, 15. 



Celsus, ingestion of venom (note), 16. 



Cervical angular muscle, 9. 



Chemical agents, influence of, on activity of venom, 

 45. 



Chlorine water, action of, on venom, 34. 



Clilorohydric acid, effect of, on venom, 33. 



Christison (Prof.), dried Cobra venom, active, 59. 



Chronic poisoning in pigeons, 65. 



Chronic poisoning in the rabbit, 68. 



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



Chronic venom poisoning, 94. 



Ciliary movement unaltered by venom, 86. 



Cloak of the fang, use of (note), 22, 



Closure of the venom duct when not in use, 24. 



Coagulation of venom, temperature of, 33. 



Cobra can destroy Cobra, 60. 



Color of venom, 29. 



Coil, use of portion of, after striking, 22. 



Coolidge (Dr.), case, 100. 



Cope, E. D., genera and species, 119-126. 



Costo-mandibular muscles, 9. 



Crotaline, characters of, 36. 



Crotaline, preparation of, 36. 



Crotalophorus, tised by I'rof. Brainard, 112. 



Crotalus, 124. 



Crotalus durissus (see Caudisona, Appendix A), 



122. 

 Crotalus Edwardsii, 125. 

 Crotalus, effect of venom on, 60. 

 Crotalus, habits of, in captivity, 3. 

 Crotalus miliarius, 124. 

 Crotalus tergeminus, 125. 

 Cui)s, use of, in treatment, 110. 

 Curve of venom duct, use of, 24. 



D. 



Death, causation of, in acute and chronic poisoning, 

 95. 



Death, cause of, in acute cases, 96. 



Death, cause of, in chronic cases, 96. 



Death, mode of, in human cases of Crotalus bite, 

 105. 



De Blainville, venom gland analogous to parotid, 

 37. 



Decomposition of venom, 32. 



De Vesey — see Xantus, case, 100. 



Digastricus muscle, 9. 



Discharges, state of, in human cases of venom poi- 

 soning, 105. 



Dogs, action of Crotalus venom ou, 69. 



Dogs, cases of poisoning of, by venom, 69 — 72. 



Dogs, fatal cases of venom poisoning of, 72 — 75. 



Dried venom, crystals from, 32. 



Dried venom, poisoning by, 59. 



Duct of venom gland, curve of, 15. 



Duct, relations of, to sup. maxillary bone, 24. 



Duct, terminal i>apilla of, IS. 



Duration of cases of venom poisoning in man, 105. 



Duvernoy, mechanism of the bite, 20. 



E. 



Ecchymoses in secondary or chronic poisoning, 94. 



Echidnine, 36. 



Ether, inhalation of, 116. 



E.xcision as local treatment, 109. 



Expression of snake when striking, 21. 



External pterygoid muscle, action of, 8. 



F. 



Fallacies in the use of antidotes, 25. 



Fangs, act of elevation of, 21. 



Fang, depression of after biting, 22. 



Fang, development of, 16. 



Fang, divergence of, during act of biting, 23. 



Fang, position and action of, in biting, 22. 



Fang, size of, 16. 



