INDEX 385 
Horse, minimal dose of venom lethal for, 176. 
;, polyvalent serum prepared from, 251. 
», red corpuscles of, reasons for choice of, for exposure to action of venom, 196, 197. 
ee vaccination of, against cobra-venom, 244, 245, 
Horse-serum must be added to venom to dissolve washed red corpuscles, 197. 
Hottentots, venom of Bitis arietans employed for poisoning arrows by, 72. 
Hydrelaps, 134. 
Hydrophiide (sea-snakes), 100. 
bite from, cure, 338. 
,, Tapidly produces general intoxication, 168. 
a venoms of, resistant to heat, 161. 
Hydrophiine (sea-snakes), 4, 131. 
habitat and geographical distribution, 4, 5. 
ns habits of, 131. 
Hydr nie (sea-snakes), 134. 
venom from, 360. 
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35 cerulescens, 135. 
a cantoris, 135. 
nO elegans, 135. 
a fasciatus, 136. 
aa gracilis, 135. 
+. leptodira, 136. 
nigrocinctus, 135. 
obscurus (syn. H. stricticollis), 136. 
spiralis, 135. 
dre 132. 
Hymenoptera, 281. 
poison-glands of, 281, 282. 
igre ales of calcium solution modifies or destroys venoms, 164. 
Hypochlorite of lime, antidote to venom before absorption, 261, 263. 
», remedy for wasp- or bee-sting, 286. 
Re alkaline, antidotes to venom before absorption, 261. 
Hypoleucocytosis, accompanying snake-bite, in lethal cases, 211, 212. 
9 following fatal dose of venom, 216. 
IMMUNITY to venom, active, incontestably possible, 240. 
doubtful, by Vatuas’ method, 239. 
hereditary, pretended, 238. 
A 5 a 53 in India and Egypt, 240.. 
natural, 222 
partial, enjoyed by snakes due to diastasic substances in blood, 
918; 219. 
in lethal doses not conferred by ingestion of venom, 215. 
imi: French ben in, collection of venom and treatment of bites from poisonous 
snakes in, 359. 
legend relating to Naja in, 37. 
mortality from snake-bite in, 2, 38, 363. 
fs ‘fs eS a excessive, due to snake-worship, 2 
Naja bites, 38. 
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