CON T E N T S. 



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INTRODUCTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 



Toxic POWER OF SNAKE VENOM . . . . . . 7 



C. J. MARTIN'S OPINIONS . . . . . . . . 8 



ACTION OF THE VENOM ON THE BLOOD . . . . 9 



THE TIME BETWEEN THE BITE AND DEATH, AND SUBSEQUENT 



Loss OF COAGULABILITY BY THE BLOOD . . . . 14 



FLUIDITY OF THE BLOOD AFTER THE BITES OF VENOMOUS SNAKES 16 

 DR. FAYRER'S OPINION OF PROFESSOR HALFORD'S PAPER OF 1867 17 

 MICROSCOPICAL EXAMINATION OF THE BLOOD BY DR. FAYRER AND 



DR. MACNAMARA . . . . . . . . 18 



INFLUENCE OF EAPIDITY OF INJECTION OF SNAKE VENOM . . 22 



SEEING AND NOT SEEING THE LARGE CELLS IN THK BLOOD .. 23 

 THE ORIGIN OF THESE CELLS . . . . . . 24 



WHAT is THE POISON ? . . . . . . . . 26 



Is THE POISON A FERMENT ? . . . . . . . . 27 



THE DEFINITION OF A FERMENT .. .. .. ..27 



BRAINARD'S DESCRIPTION OF POISONED BLOOD . . 28 



EXPERIMENTING WITH SHIRES . . . . . . . . 29 



THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF THE Toxic POWERS OF SNAKE VENOM 30 

 INFLUENCE OF SPIRIT UPON THE VENOM . . . . . . 31 



Is THERE ANY ANTIDOTE ? . . . . . . . . 32 



Is STRYCHNINE AN ANTIDOTE ? . . . . . . 34 



Is AMMONIA AN ANTIDOTE ? . . . . . . 35 



DESCRIPTION OF PLAIES I, II, III .. .. .. ..36 



INJECTIONS OF SULPHUROUS ACID .. .. .. ..39 



CARBOLIC ACID .. .. .. .. .. ..41 



OXYGENATING BODIES .. .. .. .. ..43 



ANESTHETICS . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 



OZONIC ^ETHER .. .. .. .. .. ..46 



CHLORAL HYDRATE .. .. .. .. ..47 



VEGETABLE NARCOTIC POISONS .. .. . ..49 



VEGETABLE IRRITANT .. .. .. .. ..59 



INFLUENCE OF AMMONIA ON THE MUSCULAR FIBRES OF THE HEART 61 

 CONCLUSION .. .. .. .. .. ..62 



DR. CALMETTE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE VENOM OF 



SERPENTS . . . . . . . . . . 63 



PROPERTIES OF THE BLOOD SERUM OF ANIMALS WHICH HAVE 



RECEIVED IMMUNITY .. .. .. ..64 



CHLORIDE OF LIME .. .. .. .. ..65 



TREATMENT BY THE IMMUNITY-SERUM .. .. ..67 



TREATMENT OF A MAN BITTEN BY A VENOMOUS SNAKE .. 69 

 COMMENT .. ,. ,, ., .. ,.70 



