INDEX. 



17a 



Salivation of Dogs, after Cobra-j)oisoning, 



10, 2J., 60-70, cause, 70 

 Saiiguinolent Effusions as effect of Cobra- 



and Croi^a^H* poison, 113, 



1)5, 123-6 

 Schiff, Observations of, on Kabbit's Ear, 



97 



— on Vomiting of Gruinea-pigs, 89 

 Secreting Xerves, Action on, of Cobra- 

 poison, 69, 108 



Seeds, G-ermination of. Action on, of Cobra- 

 poison and of Rattlesnake- 

 poison, 40 



Senac, Hypothesis of, on Contraction of 

 Vena Cava and Pulmonary 

 Veins, 136 



Sensory Impressions, two kinds, effect on, 

 of Cobra-poison, 59-60, 72, 

 86-8 



Sensory Nerves, Action on, of Cobra-poison, 

 60, 70, 86-8 



Septic character of Snake-poison, 18 



Serpent- venom {see also Snake-poison), 

 Effect of, on Snakes, 31 et 

 seq. 



Setschenow's Inhibitory Centres, Observa- 

 tions on, in Cobra-poisoning, 

 79 et seq. 



Silver, see Nitrate of Silver 



Size of Animal in relation to quantity and 

 quality of Snake-poiscJn, 11, 

 note 



Snails, effect on, of Cobra-poison, 36 



Snake-bite, Experiments on an Easy 

 Method of Preventing Death 

 from, 149 et seq. 



— Loss of Life from, in India, 1, 2, 3 



— Treatment of, proposed, 110 

 Snake-poison, action of, on Nervous 



System, 55 



— Animals resisting, 39-40. 



— Antidotes to, 3, 4, 6 ^ note, 7, 8, 17, 



19, 110, 137 et seq., 143, 

 149 et seq. 



— Effects of, conditions governing, 18 

 on Snakes, 31 et seq. 



— Excretion of, 104-5, 106 et seq. 



— Irritant, Neurotic and Septic character 



of, 18 



— Mode of action of, 4, 5, 7, 18 et seq. 



— Nature of, problems of, 6 



— Permanganate of Potash as antidote to, 



first used by Fayrer, 149, 

 other investigations into, 

 149-50 et seq. 



— Similaritv of mode of causing Death 



in, 111-2 

 Snake-poisoning, Symptoms of, 10, 24, 



55, 112 

 Snake-stones, uselessuess of, 110 



Snakes, see Venomous Snakes, Sf under 

 Names 



— Effect on, of Serpent-venom, 31 et seq. 



— Poison-glands of, 105 



Solution of Permanganate of Potash, for 

 Snake-bite 



— first used by Fayrer, 149 



— • strength u*ed by Lacerda, 150 



strength used in tests on Pigeons, 



152, and Table I., 154 

 Somatic Death, causes of, 20 

 Somnolence,' after Cobra-poisoning, 55 

 Sphincters, relaxation of, in Cobra-poison- 

 ing, 11, 24 



Spinal cord, effect oh, of Cobra-poison, 20, 

 56, 57, 58, 65, 72 et seq. 



— effect on ("probable), of Croz'aZ^s-poison, 



113 

 Stimulation followed by Exhaustion, 

 effect of Cobra-poison on 



— Ciliary action, 126, 130-3 



— Muscle, 128 



Stimulation, not so followed, effect of the 

 same on Vegetable Proto- 

 plasm, 127-8 



Stomach and Intestines, action on, of 

 Cobra-poison, 69, 89, 93-4 



Strychnia and Woorara, mixture of, effect 

 of, compared with that of 

 Cobra-poison, 88 



Subcutaneous Injection of 



Blood of Rabbit poisoned by 



Crotalns-^o\s>or\. into Guinea- 

 pig, effect, 121 



Cobra-poison, action and effects 



on Cats, 83-4, 91 



on Cobras, 33 



on Dog, 11 



on Fowls, 21, 90 



on Frogs, 29, 41, 81 



on Guinea-pigs, 13, 15, 16, 17, 



28 



on Rabbits, 12, 14, 21, 41, 43, 



92,97 



of CrotaUis-^Q\:s>oxi, action of, on 



Guinea-pigs, 115 



of Curare, effect of, on Carp, 36 



of Z)a5oia-poison, effects of 



■ — ^ on Guinea-pigs, 27, 28 



on Pigeons, 25 



of Permanganate of Potash, where 



most effective, 150, 152, 



153, 160 



of Strychnia and "Woorara, effects 



of, on Guinea-pig, 88 



Swallowing of Cobra-virus, effects of, 

 41-3 



Svmptoms of Cobra-poisoning, 10, 11, 24, 

 55 



— of C/*o^aZM6-poisoning, 112-3 



