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INDEX. 



Poison-glands of Snakes, 105 



Fost-mortem conditions in Animals after 

 Cro/«'».f -poisoning, 113-14 



Potash, Permanganate of, see Perman- 

 ganate of Potash, iSc Liquor 

 Potassse Permanganatis 



Preventing Death irom Snake-bite, Expe- 

 riments on a Method of, 149 



Preventive Treatment in Snake-bite, when 

 solely of use, 7 



Protoplasm {see also Vegetable do.), 

 Cobra- virus as Poison to, 

 132 



Pspudpchis porphyriacvs (Black Snake), 

 Virus of. Death-causing 

 action of, 112 



Ptyaline, in relation to the principle of 

 Cobra- venom, 9 note 



Puff Adder, Venom of. Neutralised by 

 Permanganate of Potash, 

 152 



Pulmonary Veins, and Vena Cava, Inde- 

 . pendent Pulsation of, 134, 

 importance of, 13f) 



Pulsation, Independent, of the Pulmonary 

 Veins and Vena Cava, 134 



Rabbit, action on, of Cobra-poison, 10, 

 12, 14, 21-2, 24, 43, 119 



— on Circulation, 97, 99, 103 



on Respiration, 92 



of C/'or'a/«*-poison, injected, 119 



of Liquor Pot. Permang. injected 



with Cobra-poison, 143, 145 



— Blood of one poisoned by Crotaltis- 



virus, effect of, on Gruinea- 

 pig, 121 



— Cerebral operation on, effect on Respira- 



tion, 93 



— Exfieriments on, with Permanganate of 



Potash and Ligature in 

 Snake-poison, methods of, 

 153 et sea., results, 157, 

 158, Tables II., III., 156, 

 159 



Rat-Snake {Ptt/as mucosa), effect on, of 

 bite of Bungarus ccamlens, 

 33, of Cobra, 32, 33 



Rats, Blood of, effect on, of Cobra-poison, 

 44-6 



Rattlesnake, see Crotalus 



Reagents, &c., effect of, on action of 

 Cobra -poison, 36 



Reflex action, effect on, of Cobra-poison, 

 79-82, 95 



— Centres, in Cobra-poisoning, 58, 72, 



73 

 Region generally attacked in Snake-bite, 

 153 



Reptiles, Experinu^nts on, with Snake- 

 poisons, see Frogs, Lizards, 

 and Newts 



Respiration {see also Artificial Respira- 

 tion), effect on, of 



Cobra-poison, 4, 10, 12-17, 18, 20-2, 



24, 55, 56, 86-8, 89 et seq. 



of C'i-o/.aZ«.9-poison, 112 



■ of Curaia-poi-oning, 4 



of Daftota-poison, 25 



— Failure of, cause of Death 



— in above, q.v. 



in Somatic Death, 20 



— Function of tlie Brain in regard to, 20 



— Hurried, after Cobra-poisoning, 10, 24, 



26,90 



— — causes of, 90, 92, 93 



Rhythm of Independent Pulsation of 

 Pulmonary Vein, changes 

 in, 134, 135, 136 



Richards, Dr. Vincent, Cobra-virus 

 supplied by, 8 



— Experiments by, on Cobra-virus, 8, 96 



on Excretion of Snake-poison, 104 



on Permanganate of Potash as Anti- 

 dote to Cobra- poison, 150 



on Treatment thereof by Liq. Am- 



moniae, 109 



— on Physical changes produced by 



Snake-poisoning on the 

 Blood, 113-4 



— and others. Experiments by, on use of 



Artificial Respiration in 

 Snake-bite, 107-8 



Rigor mortis in Cobra-poisoning, 49, 51, 

 84 



Rogers, Leonard, Experimental Investiga- 

 tion by, into practical value 

 of Fayrer's use of Perman- 

 ganate of Potash, and of 

 Brunton's Lancet for speedy 

 introduction thereof, 152 



— Animals and Birds experimented on. 



Tables I., II., III., 154, 156, 

 1.59 



— Methods employed, 153 et seq. 



— Venoms dealt with, 152-3, Tables I., 



II., III., 154, 156, 159 



preparation of, 152, 153 



Russell, on Convulsions in Cobra-poison- 

 ing, 20 



Russell's Viper, see also Daboia Miissellii 



Saliva, with Crystals of Permanganate of 

 Potash, in Snake-bite, 152, 

 155 



Salivary G-lauds, probable Excretion by, of 

 Snake-poison, 104 



