48 GECKO LOBATUS. 



delirium, weak pulse, and extreme debility, while some cases were 

 marked by the preservation of the senses, but a total inability to 

 articulate. They were generally relieved by emetics, diluents, and 

 mild stimulants.* In a case which occurred to Dr. Drake, als 

 in winter, vertigo, sickness at the stomach, with extreme languor 

 and exhaustion, suddenly attacked the patient ; the pupils were 

 dilated, no pulse could be felt in the arms or temple, and excru- 

 ciating pain of the stomach. These symptoms were somewhat 

 relieved by an emetic ; but tenesmus and griping remained for 

 some time, and the patient gradually recovered. 



Class III.— REFflLIA. Reptiles. 



Vertebrated animals, with cold red blood, respiring 

 by lungs ; body naked, or covered with scales. 



IX. 



GECKO LOBATUS. 



The House Gecko. 



Class Amphibia, Lin. Order Sauria. Fam. Gecko^ 



TID-E, Cuv. 



Gen. Char. — Head and body depressed ; eyes large ; 

 tongue fleshy and not extensile ; jaws furnished with 

 a row of very small and close-set teeth ; ski?i sha- 

 greened above, with small scales or tubercles ; tail 

 with circular folds ; toes five, widened along their 

 margins or at their extremity, generally furnished 

 with transverse scales beneath. 



* New York Medical Repository, v. ix. p. 168, and v. xliv. p. 147. 



