INDEX 



277 



Sepedon^ distinctive characters, 251 



hctmachates , 261 



Sera, antivenomous, augmentation of 



natural resistance of tissues, 245 

 , comparison with other antitoxins, 



246 



- , originated by Calmette, 244 

 , remedial action of, 245 

 , treatment of snake-bite, 247 



Sexual organs of trematodes, 12, 14, 16 



Sheep, Fasciola hepatica in, 19 



Sistrurus, 254, 267 



Snake-bite, conditions necessary to 

 fatality of, 243 



, gangrenous destruction of tissues fol- 

 lowing, 241 



, treatment, indications for, 247 



, by local measures, 247 



, of, practical, 247 



, , theoretical, 244 



Snake-venoms, 219, 235 



Snakes, 219 



, anatomy of, 224 



, animals confused with, 226 



, bones of skull in, 224 



, classification of, 220 



, definitive hosts of Pentaslomida ', 194 



, distinctions from other reptiles, 226, 

 229 



, families of, synopsis, 250 



, locomotion in, 221 



, mouth distension in, 220 



, non-venomous, 227 



, poisonous (Thanatophidia), 235, 255 



, scales or shields of, 222 



, teeth of, 245 



, tongue of, 221 



, venomous, 4 



, enemies among mammals and 



birds, 269 



, genera and species, 250 



, geographical distribution, 248 



, habits of, 268 



, tolerance to venom, 244 



, zoologica characters, 220 



Sparganum, 53 



Spermatheca of trematodes, 16 



Sporocyst of trematodes, 10 



Stegomyia pseudoscutellaris, 109 

 StrongylidcSy 74, 140 

 Strongyloides intestinalis^ 76 

 Strongylus, common in domesticated 

 animals, 141 



longevaginatus, 141 



subtilis, 141 



Strychnine in treatment of snake-bite, 

 248 



Tcenia, 62, 192 



africana, 69 



confusa, 69 



echinococcus, 56, 71 



nigrocephala, 65 



saginata, $6 ' 

 , specific to man, 3 



soltum, 55 



, descriptive characters, 62 



, specific to man, 3 



Tanitda, 49, 55 

 -- , effects of infection with, 67 

 , prophylaxis against, 69 

 , treatment of, 67 

 Tapeworms, growth of, I 



in man, table of, 72 



- See also Cestodes, Testodes 

 Teeth of snakes, 224, 228 



Testes, See under names of genera and 



species 

 Thanatophidia (African), 261 



- (American), 264, 266 



- (Asiatic), 255 



- (European), 255 



, poison fangs of, 236 



venom of, 235 



Thymol, expulsion of worms by, 22 



for expulsion of Trichocephali, 135 



use of, in ankylostomiasis, 154 

 Tic polonga ( Viper russellii), 258 

 Trematodes, alimentary canal of, 12 

 , cercarise of, 10 



, development of, 10 



, diagnosis of infection with, 34 



, digenetic, 12, 16 



, faeces as carrier, 28 



, genera of, table, 47-48 



, general prophylaxis, 46 



