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INDEX. 



Drowsiness or lethargy 



— ill Cobra-poisoninj?, 10, 11, 21, 24, pos- 



sible ciiiise, 55, 57 



— ill C/'0^rir?H5-poisoiiing, 112 



I'A'OiTYMOSis after Cobrii-poisoning, 10, 

 119, 123-6 



— after Cro/al us-iioisomng, 113, 116, 119, 



121, 123-6 

 Mcliicliiiue, tlie Prince of Caniuo on, 



9 nofe 

 EcJils caritiafd, Destructiveness of. 3 

 2'^iihijdriiia beiujaleiisin, Venom of, Neu- 

 tralised bv Permanganate of 

 Potash, 153 

 Erythroeytes, Crenafioii of, after 



■ Cobra-poisoning, -t-i-e, 127 



■ Cz-oMiM-s'-poisoiiing, 119, 122 



Evacuations, Involuntary, after Cobra- 

 poisoning, 11, 13, 15, 16, 24, 

 38, 51, 89, 139, 140, c\- see 

 Cases 

 — ■ after Dahoia-\ioUo\\mg, 27, 28 

 Ewart, Dr., deductions from experiments 

 of, on Pseudechis porphij- 

 riacus and JIoj)loc<'p/ia/iis 

 curtii-s', 112 

 Excised Heart (of Frog), action on, 

 of Cobra-poison, 96, 99, 100 

 Excretion of Poisons, 105 



— of Snake-poison, 104-5, 106 et seq. 



Means of quickening, 108 



T'^xcretion or Elimination of 



— Cobra-jwison, 5, 6, 17, Question of 



State of Nervous System 

 after, 5, 6 



— Curara-poison, State of Nerrous Sys- 



tem after, 4, 5 

 Exhaiistion, after Cobra-poisoning, 10, 24 

 Extravasation of Blood, .see under Elood, 



200 



Fluidity (partial or complete) of Blood 

 after Death from 



• Cobra-poison, 113, 120 



C;'o/«/«iy-poison, 120, 122 



— Z)«/;oi«-poison, 113, 114 



Fontana, on Caustic potash as Anti- 

 venom, 6 itoie 



— on Inutility of all Methods of treating 



Snake-bite, 4, 8 

 Fontana and Legallois on persistence of 



Bodily Life, 20 

 Fore legs, Paralysis of, 85 

 Fowls, eifect on, of Cobra-poison, 11, 21, 



24,90 

 Fresh fluid Cobra-poison 



appearance of, 8 



keeping cpiality of, 8 



Freshwater Mussel, Cilia of, as afPected by 



Cobra-poison, 130-3 

 Frogs, action on, of Cobra-poison, 29-30, 



41,42 



on Blood, 127 



on Ciliated Epithelium from, 



126, 133 

 on Grjstrocuemius muscle of, 



128-9 



on Heart, 96, 99, 100, 101 



— Injected into Dorsal Lympli-sac, 



30, 50, 53, 59, 61, 62, 64, 



65, 66, 67, 71, 73, 74, 76, 



77, 79 

 on Motor Nerves, 59 ef seq., 70, 



71 

 on ]Miiscles, 46 ef seq., 54, 55, 



128-9 



on Nerves, 52 



— ■ on Sensory Nerres, 59-60, 70, 



71 

 — ■ on Spinal Cord, 73 e/ seq. 



— action on, of Crof a I iis-poisou, 122 



— action on, of Curare-poisoning, 96 



Faintness, after Cobra-poisoning, 10, 24, 



55 

 Fayrer, Sir J., author of Thaiiafophidia 



of India, 1, 17, 31 ei 



passim 



— Experiments by, in Treatment of Snake- 



bite, 109 



— Investigations of, on Loss of Life by 



Snake-bite in India, 1-4, 

 18, 19 



— Priority of use b};, of Permanganate of 



Potash in Snake-bite, 150 

 Femoral vein. Injection into, of Cobra- 

 poison, results, 18, 19 

 Fish, effects on, of Cobra-poison, 35-6, of 

 Curare, 36 



Gastrocnemii of Frogs, as affected by 

 Cobra-poison, 128-9 



General effects of Cobra- and Crotnlus- 

 poisons, 112, Experiments 

 showing, 115-22 



Germination of Seeds, action on 



of Cobra-poison, 40 



of Eattlesnake-poison, ih. 



Gills of Mussel, etfect on, of Cobra-poison, 

 131 



Glands of Drosera, as affected by Cobra- 

 poison, 127-8 



Gold, see Chloride of Gold 



Grass-snake (^Tropidonoius quii/cui)ciati(.i), 

 effect on, of Bite of Cobra, 

 32 



