INDEX. 237 
Phosphorescent properties of Vip. cal. rub., 112 
Panama, United States of Colombia, Vipera in, 106 
Poison of snakes, nature and analysis of, 119 
Crotalus, 119, 120, 121, 227 
rattlesnake, 120 
Crotalus, effect of on Crotalus, 123 
other vipers, 124 
snakes, mode of experimenting with, 137 
Cobra, experiments with, in London, 139 
snakes, use of as a medicine, in Bengal, 150 
Cobra, action of on cold-blooded animals, 162 
and Bungarus, action of on cold- and warm-blooded ani- 
mals, 163 
Daboia, and strychnine as antidote, 166 
on horses and other animals, 167 
snakes, 124 experiments with, 161-178 
Cobra, appearance of under a microscope (plate), 177 
in blood of a dog and a fowl (plate), 178 
Vipera daboia Russellii in blood of a dog (plate), 179 
Poisons as remedial agents, 210 
of Crotalus horridus, proving of, 213 
Lachesis trigonocephalus, proving of, 213 
Elaps curallinus, proving of, 214 
Amphisbeena vermicularis, proving of, 215 
Poison of snakes in blood of fowls (plate), 179, 180 
crystals from (plate), 182 
effects of on muscular fibre (plate), 183 
Poisons, action of, clinical notes on, 223 
relative value of as medicines, 224 
cures by, Dr. Mure, 225 
Puff adder, of Africa, 97 e 
Rattlesnake, banded, 81 , 
description of in North and South America, 81, 86 
poison of, a cure for leprosy, 87 
fatal experiment with, 87 
Rotter, Podre dora, birri, 99 
Santander, United States of Colombia, Vipera in, 107 
Secret methods of cure by the Curers, now first published (three), 202-208 
