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INDEX. 



Blood (couf.) 



— Coagulability of, effect on, of Snake- 



poison 



■— Colubrinc, 18 



Viperinc, 18 Sf note 



— Coagulation of 



in Cubra-poisoning, 25, 114, 117-8, 



140, 141 



in C>-o/(?/««-poisoning, 113, 118 



in Z)f?6rj/a-poisouing,25, 4"*ee Cases 



— Corpuscular changes, see Erythrocytes 



— Extravasation of, in Cobra-poisoning, 



1(), 13, 37, 43, 113, 117-8, 



123-6 

 in C;'o^«/«*-poisoning, 113, 117-8, 



123-6 



in 7)a6ot«-poisoning, 24 



in Snake-bite, 113, value of, 160 



— Frogs', etl'ect on, of Cobra-poison, 127 



— Newls', effect (imperceptible) on, of 



Cobra-poison, 127 



— of Rabbit poisoned by Crotalus-Vwas, 



effect of, on Guinea-pig, 



121 

 Blood-changes, due to Snake-poison, 6, 7, 



18, 84, 90 

 Blood-poisoning from Cobra-bite, 43 

 Blood-pressure in Cobra-poisoning, 97, 



101-3, 104 

 Blyth, Wjnter, on Cobra-venom mixed in 



vitro with Permanganate of 



Potash, 149 

 Brain, the, why necessary to Life, 20 

 Brunton, Sir Lauder 



— Lancet designed by, for use in Snake- 



bite, Fig. I., 151, how em- 

 ployed, 152, how tested, 152 

 et seq. 

 Bungariis caruleus {see also Krait), 23 



— — Bite of, etiect of, on Innocuous 



Snakes, 31, 33, on other 

 Venomous Snakes, 34 



Destructiveness of, 3 



Effect on, of Cobra bite, 33 



Sungartis fasciatus , 23 



Destructiveness of, 3 



. Effect on, of Cobra-bite, 33, 34 



. Venom, neutralised by Permanga- 

 nate of Potash, 153 

 Busk, Prof., on Venom and its principle, 

 9 note 



Calcutta, G-overnment Commission at, on 

 Snake-poisons, 112, conclu- 

 sions of, 113-14 



Callophis, 23 



Canino, Prince of, on Echidnine, 9 note 



Capillary Circulation, effect on, of Cobra- 

 poisoning, 14, 97 



Carbolic Acid, action of, on Cobra-poison, 



138 

 on Gruinea-pig, injected with 



Cobra-poison, 146 

 Carbonic anhydride gas, given off by 



decomposing Cobra-poison, 8 

 Cardiac action. Arrest of 



from Cobra-poison, 11 note 



Snake-venom, 94, 104, 112 



— Diseases, Valvular, importance in, of 



Independent Pulsation of 

 Pulmonary Veins and Vena 

 Cava, 136 



— Ganglia, action on (suspected) 



of Cobra-poison, 96 



of Snake-poison, 7, 112 



— Pulsations in Frogs, in Cobra- and 



Curare -poisoning, 96 

 in application to the Heart of 



Cobra-poison, 96, 99, 100, 



Tracings, 101 

 persistence of, after apparent 



Death, in Cobra-i^oisoning, 



12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 



22, 30, 38, 39, 42, 69, 82, 95 



in Z)aio('rt-poisoning, 27, 28 



Carp, effect on, of Curare injection, 36 

 Cats, action on, of 



Chloride of Platinum, alone, 138 



injected after Cobra-poison, 



138, 140 



— Effects on, of Cobra-poison, 83, 84, 



86-8 



on Circulation, 100 



after injection to Mesentery, 



123, 125 



on Nerves, 70, 86-8, 94-5 



on Respiration, 91 



Vomiting, 84, 89, 139, 140 



of Cro^a^M*-poison, 121, 123-5 



— Experiments on, with Permanganate of 



Potash and Ligature, in 

 Snake-poison, 153-8, Tables 

 II., 111., 154, 159 



— Independent Pulsation in, of Pulmon- 



ary Veins and Vena Cava, 

 134, 135-6 



— Length of Life after Cobra-poisoning, 



158 



Caustic Potash as Anti-venom, 6 note 



Cerebellum, effect on, of Cobra-poisoning, 

 85 



Cerebro-spinal Nerve centres. Snake- 

 poisons acting on, 112 



Cerebrum, apparently unaffected by 

 Cobra-j^oison, 57 



Chemical Analysis of Cobra-poison, by 

 Armstrong, 9 



Chloride of Gold, action of, on Cobra- 

 ppison, 137, 142-3 



