TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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PREFACE .......... iii 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ........ ix 



INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . .1 



CHAPTER I. 

 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VENOM ....... 5 



CHAPTER II. 



THE CHEMISTRY OF VENOMS . .... 9 



CHAPTER III. 



THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS AGENTS ON VENOM ...... 21 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE EFFECTS OF VENOM WHEN APPLIED TO Mucous OR SEROUS SURFACES . . .44 



CHAPTER V. 



THE EFFECTS OF VENOM ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ...... 48 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE GLOBULINS AND PEPTONES COMPARED AS REGARDS LOCAL POISONOUS ACTIVITY . 51 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE ACTION OF VENOMS AND THEIR ISOLATED GLOBULINS AND PEPTONES UPON THE PULSE- 

 KATE 56 



Section I. The action of pure venom upon the pulse-rate . . ... 



The action of pure venom upon the pulse-rate of normal animals 

 The action of pure venom upon the pulse-rate in animals with cut pneumo- 



56 

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gastric nerves ...... 63 



The action of pure venom upon the pulse-rate of animals in which sections of 

 the pneumogastric nerves and of the upper cervical portion of the spinal 

 cord had been made . . . . . . .66 



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