100 INDIAN SNAKE POISONS, 



large numbers of casts of the renal tubes. These casts 

 have a very pronounced outline, and appear to be some- 

 what fibrinous at their edges. In one case, after death 

 distinct fibrinous concretions were found in the pelves 

 of the kidneys. 



In addition to this, the whole of the mucous tracts 

 of the body appear to be afi'ected with a tendency to 

 secrete a thin muco-pus. The discharge runs from 

 the eyes, nose, rectum, and vagina ; but it diflfers com- 

 pletely from the sanious discharges^ seen during viper- 

 poisoning. 



The blood in animals after death from the poison of 

 the Bungarus fasciatus is found to coagulate, but in very 

 chronic cases the coagulum formed is of a loose and 

 imperfect character. 



Physiological Effects of the Poison of the 

 Bungarus Coeruleus. 



The following experiments show the symptoms that 

 are produced by the poison of the Bungarus coeruleus. 

 This snake has a wide distribution over the plains of 

 India, and, from its frequenting inhabited places, probably 

 contributes very largely indeed to the mortality from 

 snake-bite in India. 



Experiment X, 

 A small pariah dog was bitten by a Bungarus coetuleus. 

 3.15 P.M. Bitten. 



