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THE VENOMS OF C EH TAIN THANATOPHIDE.E. 



Experiment No. 3. 



Normal 



Normal 



Time : 



Pulsations 



min. sec. 



per minute. 





255 



10 



240 



20 



225 



30 



225 



40' 



210 



50 



195 



1 00 



195 



1 20 



210 



1 40 



210 



2 00 



225 



2 20 



210 



2 40 



270 



it No. 4. 





Time: 



Pulsations 



min. sec. 



per minute. 





300 



5 



310 



10 



330 



20 



330 



30 



300 



40 



270 



50 



270 



1 00 



270 



1 20 



280 



1 40 



270 



2 10 



270 



4 00 



280 



7 00 



300 



8 00 



90 



8 10 



130 



8 20 



170 



8 30 



240 



8 40 



292 



8 50 



320 



10 30 



320 



13 00 



280 



13 30 





13 50 



300 



14 00 



300 



16 00 



280 



16 05 





16 30 



280 



17 00 





Injected intravenously 0.003 gram dried venom of the Cro- 

 talus adamanteus in 1 c. e. distilled water. 



Injected intravenously 0.003 gram dried venom of the Cro- 

 talus adamanteus dissolved in 1 c. c. distilled water. 



Struggles accompanied by remarkably slow heart beats and 

 considerable increase of arterial pressure. 



Injected 0.003 gram dried venom dissolved in 1 c. c. distilled 

 water. 



Repeated the injection. 



Dead. Heart in complete diastole; blood incoagulable, ecchy- 

 inoses in pericardium and peritoneum. 



