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INDEX. 



Abdominal Cavity, injection into, of 

 Cobra -poison, effects of, 43 



— Vein (Frog), injection into, of Cobra- 



poison, effects of, 75 

 Absorption, Mode of action of Snake- 

 poison, 18, 105, 106, 160 

 Extreme rapidity of, 19 



— of l*oison in general, 105 



Means of arresting, 106 



Albuminoid body, chief constituent of 



Cobra- poison, 9 

 Alcoholic extracts of 

 Cobra-poison, action of, 9, 14, 37, 



67-8, 91 

 Eattlesnakg-poison, action of, 10 



— Precipitates of 



Cobra-poison, action of, 9, 16 



Or ot a lus -poison, action of, 10 



American Kattlesnake-poison, experiments 



with, 114 et seq. 

 Ammonia, useless as Antidote to Snake- 

 poison, 37, 38, 39, 109-10, 



Fontana on, 4, 8 

 Amoeboid movements of Blood Corp ii«cles, 



effect on, of Cobra-poison, 



127, 133 

 Analysis of Cobra-poison by Armstrong, 



9 

 Animals and Birds experimented on with 



Snake-poison, and Brunton's 



Permanganate Lancet, 153, 



157-60, Tables I., II., III., 



154, 156, 159 

 Animals, Poisoned, effect on, of Inspiration 



of Pure Oxygen, 111. 129- 



30 

 Antidotes to Snake-poisons (see especially 



Permanganate of Potash), 



cause of apparent success 



of, 7-8 



Chemical, limitation of, 137, 142 



Essentials in, 6 4* note, 19 



Inefficiency of, 3, 4, 8, 17, 110 



Physiological, 137 



Anti- vivisection Act, effect of, on efforts 



to provide Antidotes for 



Snake-bites, 161 

 Aortal injection of Cobra-poison, 75 -6 



(95) 



Areolar Tissue, effect on, of 



Cobra-poison, 43, 123-6 



Crotalus-'^oison, 123-6 



Dahcda-^oi^on, 24 



Injection into, of Liquor ammonise, 



for Snake- bite, 109 

 Armstrong, Dr., on Chemical Characters 



of Cobra- poison, 8, 9 & note 

 Artificial Respiration in Cobra-poisoning, 



83, 84, 85, 87 

 effect on Cardiac action, 96 et 



seq. 



effect on Convulsions, 90, 91 



Life prolonging action, 5, 17, 



20-2, 107-8 

 with Pure Oxygen, unsuccessful, 



129-30 

 in Curara-poisoning, Life-saving 



action of, 45 



in Poison cases (general), 17 



Asphyxia, the usual cause of death from 



Cobra-poison, ::0 Sf note, 55, 



89 

 Ataxy from Crotalus-poison, 112 

 Auricles, as affected by Independent 



Pulsations of Pulmonary 



Veins and Yena Cava, 135, 



136 



Beenaed, Claude, on Rapid Absorption 



of Poison by Blood, 19 

 Bernard's method of Ligaturing, 59 

 Bicliat, on commencing point of Somatic 



Death, 20 

 Birds^ .see under Names 

 Black Snake virus, a,ction of, 112 

 Blake, on Rapidity of Absorption of Poison 



by Blood, 19 

 Blood, action on, of Cobra-poison, 23, 25, 



43, 44, 90 



— as affected by Cro^«^M*-poisoning 



(a) before Death, 113 



(b) after Death, 113 



— as affected by Dahoia-ipoisoning, 18 



note, 25, 44, 84, 113 <f- note, 

 S( .^ee Cases 



— Changesof Colour in, in Dahoia--po\?>on- 



ing, 26, 27, 28 



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