INDEX 397 



Serum, autivenomous, preventive power tested by intravenous injection, 246. 



„ ,, rules respecting proportions of quantity to be administered, 266, 



267, 268. 

 „ specificity of, 248. 



Calmette's, in treatment of cobra-bites, 363, 364, 365. 

 therapeutics, antivenomous, 241-252. 



technique of, 262-265. 

 See also Snake serum. 

 Serums, specific against coagulant venoms, 192. 

 Sewall on vaccination of pigeons against rattle-snake venom, 241. 

 SiluridcB, 307, 308. 

 Silurus glanis, 308. 

 Sistrurus, 110, 120. 



,, oatenatus (prairie rattle-snake, or massasanga), 120. 

 ,, miliarius (ground rattle-snake), 120. 

 ,, ravus, 120. 

 Skin, marks produced on, by bites of difierent species of snakes (venomous and non- 

 venomous), 10. 

 Smell, loss of, following bite of viper, 178. 

 Smith, MacGarvie, researches of, 149. 

 ,, ,, on chemical constituents of venom, 160. 



, , , , and Martin , 0. J. , on local and general eSeots of albumoses derived from 



snake-venoms, 163. 

 Snake-bite, death from, rapid putrefaction following, 211, 212. 



,, hypo-leucooytosis accompanying, in lethal cases, 211, 212. 



mortality from, 2, 3, 38, 57, 100, 261, 363. 

 „ non-lethal, suppuration following, 212. 

 ,, poisonous, treatment in domestic animals, 265. 

 ,, ,, „ men and animals, 259. 



^, ,, ,, See also Serum therapeutics, antivenomous. 



Snake-charmers, 228. 



deaths from bites, 234. 

 Egyptian, 228-229. 



,, employment of Naja haje for performances, 61. 

 Indian, 229-234. 

 Libyan, 228. 

 Roman, 228. 

 safety in skill, 234. 

 Snake-serum combined with snake-venorn does not destroy red corpuscles, 220. 



,, dissolution of red corpuscles by, 219. 



Snake-venom, action on heart, 184. 

 „ kidney, 183. 



liver, 182. 

 ,, lungs, 184. 



,, nervous centres, 185. 



,, spleen, 183. 

 ,, striated muscles, 184. 

 activity greatest after prolonged fasting and after moult, 176. 

 aids digestion of prey, 218, 214. 



