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INDEX. 



Cobra-poison, Action'and effects of (conf.) 



compared with Crotalus poison, 43, 



115-9, 123 



with other Colubrine poison, 23 



with that of Dahoia Ruftsellii, 



24 et seq. 



general, 10, 11, 24 



— ■ — on Grt'rinination of Seeds, 40 



on Invertebrata, 24, 36 



Local, 10, 43 



Means of Preventing, 17, 105 et seq., 



149 et seq. 

 on Motor Nerves, 47, 48, 58, 65, 69, 



70,71 



on Muscles, 46 et seq., 54, 128 



on Nervous System, 55 et seq. 



Physiological, see 1 et seq. ^ 23 et 



seq. 



on Respiration, 89 et seq. 



Secondary, 54 



on Secreting Nerves, 69 



on Sensory Nerves, 60, 70, 71, 



86-8 

 on Spinal Cord, 20, 56, 57, 65, 72 



et seq. 

 on Stomach and Intestines, 69, 89, 



93-4 

 on various Organs of Body, 24, 41 



et seq. 

 when Introduced through Different 



Channels, 41 



— Action of, Influence on 



of Chloride of Platinum and other 



Mineral Salts, 140 et seq. 



of Constitution on, 39 



of Reagents, &c., 36 



of Various Substances, 137 



— Activity of, effect of Various Substances 



in Destroying, 137 



— Appearance of, 8 



— Chemical constitution of, Armstrong 



on, 8, 9 



— Cumulative nature of, 155 



— Death-causing action of, 112 



— Decomposition caused by, 55, ^ see 



Cases 



— Decomposition of, 8, 10 



— Elimination of, 5, 6, 17, 106-7, 108 



— Mode of Action of, 17 et seq., 55 et seq. 



— Nature of, 1, 23 et seq., Ill 



— Permanganate of Potash as Antidote to, 



149 et seq. 



— Used in Experiments of 

 Armstrong, 10 



— — Brunton and Fayrer, 10 

 Cobra-poisoning 



— Artificial Respiration in, effect of, 5, 



17, 20-2, 83, 84, 85, 87, 90, 

 91, 96, 107-8, 129 



— Symptoms of, 10, 11, 24, 55 



Cobra-poisoning (coni.) 

 — Vomiting in, to what due, 89 

 Cold-blooded Animals, see under Names 

 Colubrine Snakes 



Bite of, effect of, on Blood, 18 



Indian representatives of, 23 



Venom of, action of, similar to that 



of Crotaline virus. 111 

 minimum Lethal Dose, rate of 



Death from, 160 

 neutralised by Permanganate of 



Potash, 153-8, Table J. 



(IV.), 154, Table IT., 156 

 Comb of Fowl, Colour of, as affected by 



Cobra-poisoning, 21, 90 

 Conia, action of, compared with that of 



Cobra- poison, 57 

 Conjunctiva, action on, of Cobra-poison, 



42, 43 



Constitution, infl 



uence or, on 



action of 



Cobra-poison, 39 

 Couty and Lacerda's Experiments on 



Permanganate of Potash as 



antidote to Snake-poison, 



150 

 Convulsions at Death, see Cases, passim 



— from Cobra-poison, 11, 24, 55 

 causes, 20, 56, 90, 91 



— from Crofalus-'poison, 112 



— from Daiom -poison, 25, 27, 28 

 Cord, see Spinal Cord 

 Craspedocephalus of America and West 



Indies, 23 

 Crenation of Red Blood-corpuscles 



in Cobra-poisoning, 44-6, 127 



in Croialus-^ohom.ng, 119, 122 



Crotalus-, or Rattlesnake-poison 



— action of 



on Animals, 112-13 



on Cats, 121-2, 123-5 



on Frogs, 122 



on Guinea-pigs, 115, 116, 118,121 



— on Rabbits, 119 



on Areolar Tissue, 123 



on Ciliary and Amoeboid Action, 



126, 127, et seq. 

 Compared with Cobra-poison, 46, 



115-8, 123 



on Infusoria, 130-3 



on Muscles, 46, 54 



on Seed-germination, 40 



on Vallisneria, 132-3 



— Blood of Animals as affected by 



{a) before Death, 113 



{h) after Death, 113 



— Effects of, according to Mode of Entry 

 Application, 123, 125 



Injection, 115-122 



— Nature and Physiological action of , . , . 



Ill 



