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INDEX. 



Poison-glands of Snakes, 105 



Postmortem conditions in Animals after 

 Cro/fa 'tt.?-poi8oning, 113-14 



Potash, Permanganate of, see Perman- 

 ganate of Potash, Sc Liquor 

 Potassa? Permanganatis 



Preventing Death from Snake- bite, Expe- 

 riments on a Method of, 149 



Preventive Treatment in Snake-bite, when 

 solely of use, 7 



Protoplasm {see also Vegetable do.), 

 Cobra- virus as Poison to, 

 132 



rsenihcMs porphyriacvs (Black Snake), 

 Virus "of. Death-causing 

 action of, 112 



Ptyaline, in relation to the principle of 

 Cobra-venom, 9 note 



Puff Adder, Venom of, Neutralised by 

 Permanganate of Potash, 

 152 



Pulmonary Veins, and Vena Cava, Inde- 

 pendent Pulsation of, 134, 

 importance of, 13fi 



Pulsation, Independent, of the Pulmonary 

 Veins and Vena Cava, 134 



Eabbit, action on, of Cobra-poison, 10, 

 12, 14, 21-2, 24, 43, 119 



on Circulation, 97, 99, 103 



on Ee&piration, 92 ,. 



of Crotalus-^o\s,on, injected, 119 



of Liquor Pot. Permang. injected 



with Cobra-poison, 143, 145 



— Blood of one poif=oned by Crotalus- 



virus, effect of, on Gruinea- 

 pig, 121 

 • — Cerebral operation on, effect on Eespira- 

 tion, 93 



— Experiments on, with Permanganate of 



Potash and Ligature in 

 Snake-poison, methods of, 

 153 et sea., results, 157, 

 158, Tables II., IlL, 156, 

 159 



Eat- Snake {Ftyas mucosa), effect on, of 

 bite of B^mgarus cceruleus, 

 33, of Cobra, 32, 33 



Eats, Blood of, effect on, of Cobra-poison, 

 44-6 



Eattlesnake, see Crotalus 



Eeagents, &c., e^eci of, on action of 

 Cobra-poison, 36 



Eeflex action, effect on, of Cobra-poison, 

 79-82, 95 



— Centres, in Cobra-poisoning, 58, 72, 



73 

 Eegion generally attacked in Snake-bite, 

 153 



Eepfile?, Experiments on, with Snake. 

 ! poisons, see Frogs, .Lizards, 



j and "N"ewt8 



i Eespiration {see also Artificial Eespira- 

 [ tion), effect on, of 



I Cobra-poison, 4, 10, 12-17, 18, 20-2, 



24, 55, 56, 86-8, 89 e/, ye?. 



I of Crolahts-])o\Bor\, 112 



I of Curara-poi>oning, 4 



I of Da/^c/m-poison, 25 



— Failure of, cause of Death 



— in above, q.v. 



in Somatic Death, 20 



— Function of the Brain in regard to, 20 



— Hurried, after Cobra-poisoning, 10, 24, 



26, 90 



causes of, 90, 92, 93 



Ehythm of Independent Pulsation of 



Pulmonary Vein, changes 

 i in, 134, 135, 136 



Eichards, Dr. Vincent, Cobra-virus 



supplied by, 8 



— Experiments by, on Cobra-virus, 8, 96 

 on Excretion of Snake-poison, 104 



on Permanganate of Potash as Anti- 

 dote to Cobra-poison, 150 



on Treatment thereof by Liq. Am- 



I monise, 109 



— on Physical changes produced by 



Snake-poisoning on the 



I Blood, 113-4 



I — and others, Experiments by, on use of 

 Artificial Eespiration in 

 Snake-bite, 107-8 

 Rigor mortis in Cobra-poisoning, 49, 51, 



I 84 



Eogers, Leonard, Experimental Investiga- 

 tion by, into practical value 

 of Fayrer's use of Perman- 

 ganate of Potash, and of 

 Brunton's Lancet for speedy 

 introduction thereof, 152 



— Animals and Birds experimented on, 



Tables L, II., IIL, 154,156, 

 159 



— Methods emj)loyed, 153 et seq. 



— Venoms dealt with, 152-3, Tables L, 



II., III., 154, 156, 159 



preparation of, 152, 153 



Eussell, on Convulsions in Cobra-poison- 

 ing, 20 



Eussell's Viper, see also Daboia Eiissellii 



Saliva, with Crystals of Permanganate of 

 Potash, in Snake-bite, 152, 

 155 



Salivary Grlands, probable Excretion by, of 

 Snake-poison, 104 



