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INDEX. 



Cobra-poison, Actlonand ofiVcts of (cont.) 

 compared with Croialus poison, 43, 



115-9, 123 



witli other Colubrine poison, 23 



■ with that of Dahoia Russellii, 



2-1 et seq. 



general, 10, 11, 24 



on Gt-nnination oF Seeds, 40 



on Invertebrata, 24, 36 



Local, 10, 43 



Means of Preventing, 17, 105 ct xeq., 



149 et seq. 



— — on Motor Nerves, 47, 48, 58, 65, 69, 



70,71 



on Muscles, 46 et seq., 54, 128 



on Nervous System, 55 et seq. 



PhjsiologicaJ, see 1 et seq. Sf 23 et 



seq. 



on Respix-atioii, 89 et seq. 



Secondiiry, 54 



on Secreting Nerves, 60 



on Sensory Nerves, 60, 70, 71, 



86-8 

 on Spinal Cord, 20, 56, 57, 65, 72 



et seq. 

 on Stomach and Intestines, 69, 89, 



93-4 

 on various Oi'gaus of Body, 24, 41 



et seq. 

 wlien Introduced throvigii Different 



Channels, 41 



— Action of, Influence on 



of Chloride of Platinum and other 



Mineral Salts, 140 et seq. 



of Constitution on, 39 



of Reagents, &c., 36 



■ of Various Substances, 137 



— Activity of, effect of Various Substances 



in Destroying, 137 

 ■ — Appearance of, 8 



— Chemical constitution of, Armstrong 



on, 8, 9 



— Cumulative nature of, 155 



— Death-causing action of, 1 12 



— Decomposition caused by, 55, cf" see 



Cases 



— Decomposition of, 8, 10 



— Elimination of, 5, 6, 17, 106-7, 108 



— Mode of Action of, 17 et seq., 55 et seq. 



— Nature of, 1, 23 et seq., Ill 



— Permanganate of Potash as Antidote to, 



149 et seq. 

 — ■ Used in Experiments of 



Armstrong, 10 



— - — Brunton and Fayrer, 10 

 Cobra-poisoning 



— Artificial Respiration in, effect of, 5, 



17, 20-2, 83, 84, 85, 87, 90, 

 91, 96, 107-8, 129 



— Symptoms of, 10, 11, 24, 55 



Cobra-poisoning {co»f.) 



— Vomiting in, to what due, 89 

 Cold-blooded Animals, .tee under Names 

 Colubrine Snakes 



— — Bite of, effect of, on Blood, 18 



Indian representatives of, 23 



Venom of, action of, similar to that 



of Crotaline virus. 111 

 I minimum Lethal Dose, rate of 



Death from, 160 

 neutralised by Permanganate of 



Potash, 153-8, Table I. 



(IV.), 154, Table IT., 156 

 Comb of Fowl, Colour of, as affected by 



Cobra-poisoning, 21, 90 

 Conia, action of, compared with that of 



Cobra- poison, 57 

 Conjunctiva, action on, of Cobra-poison, 



42, 43 

 Constitution, iiiflncuce of, on aciiou of 



Cobra-poiion, 39 

 Coufcy and Lacerda's Experiments on 



Permanganate of Potash as 



antidote to Snake-];oison, 



150 

 Convulsions at Death, see Cases, passim 



— from Cobra-poison, 11, 24, 55 

 causes, 20, 56, 90, 91 



— from Crotalus--poi&on, 112 



— from Dahoia -'poison, 25, 27, 28 

 Cord, see Spinal Cord 

 Craspedocephalus of America and West 



Indies, 23 

 Crenatiou of Red Blood-corpuscles 



in Cobra-poisoning, 44-6, 127 



in Cro/a^«.?-poisoning, 119, 122 



Crotalus-, or Rattlesnake-poison 



— action of 



on Animals, 112-13 



on Cats, 121-2, 123-5 



— on Frogs, 122 



on Guinea-pigs, 115, 116, 118,121 



on Rabbits, 119 



• on Areolar Tissue, 123 



on Ciliary and Amceboid Action, 



126, 127, et seq. 

 Compared with Cobra-poison, 46, 



115-8, 123 



on Infusoria, 130-3 



on Muscles, 46, 54 



on Seed-germination, 40 



on VaUisneria, 132-3 



— Blood of Animals as affected l)y 



(a) before l^eath, 113 



[b) after Death, 113 



— Effects of, according to Mode of Entry 

 Application, 123, 125 



Injection, 115-122 



— Nature and Physiological action of, . . . 



Ill 



