INDEX. 



167 



€rotaliis-, or Kattlesiiake-poison (coni.) 



— Neutralised by Periiianganiite of 



Potash, 153, Table I. (il.), 

 154 



— Used in Experiment«i, Age and Appear- 



ance of, 114 



C>*o^«/«*-poisoning, Symptoms of, 112-3 



Crural Vein, Injection into, of Cobra- 

 poison, results, 5 



Cunningham, D. D., Experiments of, on 

 Average amount of Venom 

 ejected by Full-sized Cobra, 

 158 



Ciu'are- or Curara-poisou, Absorption and 

 Excretion of, 105, 106 



— Analogy between its action and that of 



Cobra-poison, 4, 56, 69 



— Artificial Eespiration in, Life-saving, 4 



— Elimination of, state of Nervous 



System after, 4, 5, 6, 58, 106 



— Warmth to combat, 4 



Dahoia Riissellii, see also Russell's Viper 



Bite of, effect of, on Innocuous 



Snakes, 31, 33, on other 

 Venomous Snakes, 34, 35 

 Destructiveness of, 3, 23 



— — Effect on, of Cobra-bite, 35 



Venom, action of, compared Avitli 



that of Cobra-poison, 24 e^ 

 seq. 



Average amount ejected, 160 



Blood-changes from, 18 note^ 25, 



44, 84, 113 cf' note 



Death-causing action of, 112 



Effects of 



Dried, 25 



Injected, 25 ef seq. 



• Mixed with Alcohol, 27 



on Cats, 153, 157, 158, Table 



III., 159 



on G-uinea-pigs and Pigeons, 



24 et seq. 



on Rabbits, 153, 157, 158, 



Table III., 159 



Length of Life after administra- 

 tion, with control by Per- 

 manganate and Ligature, 158 



Neutralised by Permanganate of 



Potash, 152, 153, 158, Table 

 I., (i.), 154, Table III., 156 



— Symptoms of Poisoning with, 24 



Darwin, Charles, the late, on action of 

 Cobra-poison on Vegetable 

 Protoplasm, 127 



— Experiments suggested by, 126 

 Death(s) from Cobra-bite, rate of, accord- 

 ing to point of entry, 41, 160 



(95) 



I)eath(s) {coni.) 



— from Cobra-poison, causes of, 4, 5, 7, 



7, 20 cf note, 55, 57, 89 



— — Convulsions at, 11, 20, 24, and see 



Cases 



— from Colubrine and Crotaline poison- 



ing, causes of, 111-2 



— from Curara- poisoning, 4 



— from Snake-bite, in India, 1, 2, 3 



— — Means of preventing, 105 



— from Snake-noison, how caused, 4, 5, 7, 



18 



— Somatic, causes of, 20 

 Decomposition of Cobra-poison, changes 



due to, 8, 10 



— due to Snake-poison, Cobra, and C'ro* 



talus 



of Mviscle, 54-5, cf •^^'' Cases 



of Tissues, incipient, 10 



within Body, 55 



Depression, after Cobra-poisoning, 10, 24, 



55 



— after Cro/c/Zw-y-poisoning, 112 

 Destructiveness, Relative, of Venomous 



Snakes, Indian, &c., 3, 23 

 Diaphragm, observations on, in Cobra- 

 poisoning, 86, 91 

 Distal parts of Extremities, most liable to 



Snake-bite, 153 

 Dogs, Cobra-poisoned, effects on, of Per- 

 manganate of Potash, 149, 

 151, 158 



— Effects on, of Cobra-poisoning, 10, 11, 



93-4, 101-3 

 Paralysis, progressive, 10, 11, 24, 



69 



Salivation, 10, 24, G9-70 



'■ ■ Vomiting, 10, 11, 24, 68, 89 



— Rapid Death of, after Cobra-bite, 



160 

 Dose, Lethal, Minimal, of Cobra-poison 



for Cats, 157 



for Man, 158 



for Rabbits, 157 



— Average ejected by full-sized 



Cobra, 158 

 of Colubrine -poisons, time taken 



to kill by, according to Mode 



of Entry, 160 



Dahoia and Viperine Venom 



for Cats, 158 



for Man, 158, 160 



for Rabbits, 158 



Average, ejected, 160 



Dried Cobra-poison, Activity of, 36 



Appearance of, 8, 9 



Keeping quality of, 8 



Drosera, Darwin's experiments on, with 



Cobra-poison, 127-8 

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