INDEX. 



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Crofalxs-, or E:itik'.siiako-poisoii (eon/.) 



— Ncuteilisfd by roriuangaiiate of 



Potash, 153, Table I. (ii.), 

 154 



— Used ill Expcninonfc«, Ago and Appeav- 



aiu'f of, H4 



CVo^fs/».s--poisoiiing, Sjinptoiiis of, 112-3 



Crural Vein, Injection into, of Cobra- 

 poison, results, 5 



Cunningliam, D. 1)., Experiments of, on 

 Average amount of Venom 

 ejected by Full-sized Cobra, 

 158 



Curare- or Curara-poison, Absorption and 

 Excretion of, ]05, 106 



— Analogy between its action and that of 



Cobra-poison, 4, 56, 69 



— Artificial Respiration in. Life-saving, 4 

 — - Elimination of, state of Nervous 



t?ysteni after, 4, 5, 6, 58, 106 



— Warmth to combat, 4 



Dahoia Riissellii, see also Russell's Viper 

 Bite of, effect of, on Innocuous 



Snakes, 31, 33, on other 



Venomous Snakes, 34, 35 



Dcstructiveness of, 3, 23 



— ■ — Effect on, of Cobra-bite, 35 



Venom, action of, compared with 



that of Cobra-poison, 24 et 



seq. 



Average amount ejected, 160 



Blood-changes from, 18 nofe, 25, 



44, 84, 113 4- )io/e 

 Death-causing action of, 112 



— — — Effects of 



Dried, 25 



Injected, 25 ef seq. 



Mixed with Aleoliol, 27 



on Cats, 153, 157, 158, Table 



III., 159 



— ■ — on Gruinea-pigs and Pigeons, 



24 ef seq. 



-on Rabbits, 153, 157, 158, 



Table III., 159 



Length of Life after administra- 

 tion, with control by Per- 

 manganate and Ligature, 158 



Neuti-alised by Permanganate of 



Potash, 152, 153, 158, Table 

 I., (i.), 154, Table III., 156 



■ — ■ Symptoms of Poisoning with, 24 



Darwin, Charles, /he la/e, on action of 

 Cobra-poison on Vegetable 

 Protoplasm, 127 



— Experiments suggested by, 126 

 Death(s) from Cobra-bite, rate of, accord- 

 ing to point of entry, 41, 160 j 



(95) 



I)eat]i(s) (<'Oii/.) 



— from Cobra-poison, causes of, 4, 5, 7, 



7, 20 4' no/e, 55, 57, 89 

 — • — Convulsions at, 11, 20, 24, and see 

 Cases 



— from Colubrlne and Crotaline poison- 



ing, causes of, 111-2 

 - — from Curara-poisoning. 4 



— from Snake-bite, in India, 1, 2, 3 

 Means of preventing, 105 



— from Snake-noison, how caused, 4, 5, 7, 



18 

 — - Somatic, causes of, 20 

 Decomposition of Cobra-poison, changes 



due to, 8, 10 



— due to Snake-poison, Cobra, and Cro- 



/a /us 



of Muscle, 54-5, cj' see Cases 



of Tissues, incipient, 10 



witliin Body, 55 



Depression, aftvjr Cobra-poisoning, 10, 24, 



55 



— after Cyo/fr/i/.s-poisoning, 112 

 Destructiveness, Relative, of Venomous 



Snakes, Indian, &c., 3, 23 

 Diaphragm, observations on, in Cobra- 



f)oisoning, 86, 91 

 Distal parts of Extremities, most liable to 



Snake-bite, 153 

 Dogs, Cobra-poisoned, effects on, of Per- 

 manganate of Potash, 149, 

 151, 158 



— Effects on, of Cobra-poisoning, 10, 11, 



93-4, 101-3 



Paralysis, progressive, 10, 11, 24, 



69 



— — Salivation, 10, 24, 69-70 

 Vomiting, 10, 11, 24, 68, 89 



— Rapid Death of, after Cobra-bite, 



160 

 Dose, Lethal, Minimal, of Cobra-poison 



for Cats, 157 



for Man, 158 



for Rabbits, 157 



Average ejected by full-sized 



Cobra, 158 



— of Colubrine-poisons, time taken 



to kill by, accorcling to Mode 



of Entry, 160 



Da/joia and Viperine Venom 



for Cats, 158 



— for Man, 158, 160 



• for Rabbits, 158 



Average, ejected, 160 



Dried Cobra-poison, Activity of, 36 



Appearance of, 8, 9 



Keeping quality of, 8 



Drosera, Darwin's experiments on, with 



Cobra-poison, 127-8 



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