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INDEX. 



Tetanic arrest, of Cardiac action induced 



bj Cobra-, Daboia-, and 



Hydrajjhis-T^oiaon, 95, 104, 



112 

 Thunalophidia of India, The, by Sir J. 



Fayrer, 1, 17, 31, 39, 40, 42, 



106, 109, 110 note 

 Thoracic cavity. Injection into, of Oobra- 



]joisoii, effect of, 41, 50 

 Tiger-snake of Austrnlia {Hoplocephal us 



cnrlns). Virus of, action of, 



112 

 Tissues {see aluo Areolar Tissue), effect on, 



of Cobra-poisoning, 10 

 Tourniquet, improvised, in »Snake-bite, 



153 

 Transfusion of Blood, possible means of 



preventing Death through 



Snake-bite, 109 

 Tree-snakes {Dendrojihi.i pictd), effect on, 



of Cobra-bite, 32 

 Trimeresuri, Low fatality from Bites of, 3 



Unconsciousness after Cobra-poisoning, 

 24 



Va&Us(i), division of, effect of 



on Uuinea-pigs, 89 



on Eabbit, 93 



— Inhibitor}' branches of, action on, of 



Cobra- and Curare-poison- 

 ing, 97 



— Peripheral ends of, effect on, of Cobra- 



poison, 69 



T'allisneria, effect on, of Cobra-poison, 

 132-3 



Valvular disease of the Heart, value in, of 

 Independent Pulsation of 

 Pulmonary Veins and Vena 

 Cava, 136 



Vegetable Protoplasm, action on, of Snake- 

 (Cobra-) poison, Darwin on, 

 127-8 



Vena Cava, Pulmonary Veins and. Inde- 

 pendent Pulsation of, 134, 

 importance of, 136 



Venomous Snakes, Bites of [see also Snake- 

 bite), effect of, on them- 

 selves, 31, 33-5, 105 



■ Means of Preventing Death from, 



105 



Easy, of the same, 149 et seq. 



Indian, Poison of. Nature, etc., of, 



1, 23 



Relative Destructiveness of, 3 



Venoms, see Snake-poisons 



Ventricles, Pulsation of, and of Pulmon- 

 ary Veins while Auricles 

 motionless, 135 



Viperidoe, African, virulence of, 23 



— Indian, 23 



Viperine poison, local action of, 43 



Neutralised by Permanganate of 



Potash, 152, 153, 158, 160, 

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

 159 



Physiological effects of, 112, 113, 114 



Viperine Snakes {see also Crotalus, Dahoia, 

 etc.). Blood-changes due to 

 Bite of, 18 4- note 

 Viscera, after Cro^rt/w s-poisoning, 113 et 



seq. 

 Voisin, Observations of, on Curare- 

 poisoning, 56 

 Vomiting, after Cobra-poisoning 



of Cats, 84, 89, 139 



of Dogs, 10, 11, 24, 70, 89 ' 



— — of G-uinea-pigs, 10, 24, 38, 89 



— after C/-o)'a^?^.?-poisoning, 112 

 -by Cat, 121 



by Frog, 129 Sf note 



Wakm- BLOODED Animals, see tinder 



Names 

 Warmth, applications of, in cases of 



Curara-poisoning, 4 

 Woorara, see Strychnia and Woorara 



Xeniirelaps hungaroides, 23 

 Zinc, see Chloride of Zinc 



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