INDIAN SNAKE POISONS^ 



THEIR NATURE AND EFFECTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE PHTSIOLOGIOAIi EFFECTS OF THE POISON OF 

 THE GOBfiA (nAJA TEIPUDIANS). 



The inquiry that naturally presents itself first in con- 

 sidering the suhjeot of snake-poisoning is : — How does 

 snake-poison kill ? and what are the changes it effects 

 in the animal system ? And as a consequence of this : — 

 Is there only one poison common to all snakes, or are 

 there several ? Upon the answers to these questions 

 depend both the certain recognition of snake-poisoning 

 when it comes under observation, and the indications 

 that must serve as guides to us in the treatment of it. 



To answer these questions, it will be necessary to 

 examine, with great care, the symptoms produced by 



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