V. 



not only those substances, but the proteids of the 

 blood. 



I regret that this notice should have to appear 

 as an appendix, but as Dr. Wolfenden's essay — 

 intended for publication in the Indian Medical 

 Gazette — has only just reached me, it could 

 not appear in the body of the work. I am 

 sorry also" that I should be compelled to issue 

 the book without a notice of the important in- 

 vestigations which are now being completed in 

 America by Weir Mitchell and Reichart. 



It is to be hoped that some competent phy- 

 siological chemist will take up the subject in 

 Australia, in reference to the poisons of the snakes 

 to be found in that colony. 



