236 INDEX. 
Magdalena, United States of Colombia, Vipera in, 106 
Menstruation in woman aggravates serpent-poisoning ; increases the hem- 
orrhage, 191 
influence of on living serpents, 191 
Methods of cure (three), secret of the Curers, 202-208 
Mitchell’s, Dr. S. W., on rattlesnake and Crotalus-poison, 120-132 
conclusions, 182-134 
Mure, Dr., 67 
Music, influence of on snakes, 53 
Naja tripudians, neurotic action of, 228 
Ophidia colubriformes, uropeltide, 26 
calamaride, 27 
oligodoritide, 28 
colubrid, 29 
4&sculapii, 29 
comalopside, 34 
psammophide, 36 
dendrophide, 36 
dryiophide, 38 
dipsadide, 38 
lycodontide, 39 
amblycephalide, 39 
pythonide, 40 
erycide, 43 
acrochordide, 44 
venenosi, elapida, 45, 48, 68 
general description of, 45 
poison-fangs of, 47 
hydrophide, 45, 68, 74 
viperiformes, crotalida, 45, 75, 88 
viperida, 45, 88, 116 
description, general, of, 46 
cobra, 49, 53 
naja ophiophagus, 55 
colubriformes, 22 
typhlopide, 22 
tortricide, 25 
xenopeltide, 25 
Ophidians, Buffon’s classification of, 13 
