XIV THE SNAKES OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
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CHARTER Lit 
Snake Charmers. A Port Elizabeth Snake Catcher. Can snakes 
fascinate their prey ? What really happens. Heroism of birds. 
Wrong conclusions. Captive snakes and birds. Paralyzed 
with fear. Hypnotism. Advice to Campers Out. Horse hair 
ropes. Snakes and their mates. Catching live snakes. How 
to collect and preserve snakes. Kafir superstitions. An 
exciting incident. Feeding snakes on liveanimals . : 246-282 
CHARTER eile. 
HuMAN PHYSIOLOGY. 
The brain and nervous system. The blood and how itis made. The 
science of health. A self-acting pump. Elixir of life. How we 
poison our blood. White corpuscles that eat up disease 
microbes. The Lymph and Lymphatics. How venom gets into 
the blood ; : ‘ ; - : Z 283-308 
CHAPTER X. 
ALLEGED SNAKE BITE CURES. 
Results of experiments with a large number of so-called antidotes 309-341 
CHAPTER: 
Poison apparatus of snakes. Snake venom, its nature and effects 342-381 
CHAPTER XII. 
The Scientific treatment of snake bite. Permanganate of Potash. 
Results of Experiments. Serum Treatment . : >. 382—437 
CHAPTER XIIT. 
Latest Systematic List of South African Snakes for the use of 
Museum Curators and Scientific Students. By Dr. G. A. 
Boulenger, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S., of the British Museum . » 439-460 
CHAPTER XIV. 
Items of Snake Knowledge. Miscellaneous Information - 461-478 
Index . : F : : : : : : : : 535 
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