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Pag* 

 Venomous serpents . . . . .159 



How distinguished from those which are innocuous . 160 

 Poisonous mechanism . . , .161 



The crotalus, or rattle snake . . . 162 



The cobra de eapello . . . 167 



Symptoms produced by the bites of the above serpents 170 

 Remedies . . . 171 



The viper . . . . .174 



Symptoms from the bite of the viper . . . 177 



Remedies , . . . . 179 



The tarantula : . . . 181 



The scorpion .... 184 



The centipede .... 185 



The hornet, bee, and wasp . . . 187 



The mosquito, the fire ant . . . 188 



Treatment of wounds from poisonous insects . . 189 

 Hydrophobia .... 189 



The symptoms .... 191 



Means of prevention . . . 197 



Signs of rabies in dogs . . .199 



LECTURE V. 



Animal and Vegetable Poisons, concluded. 



Description of the alimentary canal . . 202 



Action of poisons on the stomach of different animals 205 



TLe Spanish fly .... 207 



Symptoms .... 208 



Treatment ...... 209 



Poisonous fish and their effects . . . 210 



Treatment .... 216 



Vegetable poisons . ... 218 



Acrid vegetable poisons and their effects . .219 



Treatment . . . . . 220 



[Narcotic vegetable poisons . , , 221 

 The atropa belladona or deadly nigkt shade and its 



effects . 222 



The woody night shade .... 223 



