CONTENTS. XXV11 
XVI. LATHYRUS SATIVUS. 
SECTION PAOFS 
638. Epidemic Malady said to have been caused by various Species of 
Lathyrus. Horse Poisoning by Lathyrus ..... 490 
XVII.—ARUM—BRYONY—LOCUST TREE—MALE FERN. 
639. Poisonous Properties of the Arum maculatum ..... 490, 491 
640. The Black Bryony .......... 491 
641. The Locust Tree .......... 491 
642. Poisoning by Male Fern—Symptoms and Post-mortem Appearances 491 
PART VII.—POISONS DERIVED FROM LIVING OR DEAD 
ANIMAL SUBSTANCES. 
Division I.—Poisons secreted by Living Animals. 
I. POISONOUS AMPHIBIA. 
643. The Salamander—Samandarin and Samandaridin Sulphates . . 492, 493 
644. Poisoning by the Samandarins ........ 493 
645. The Water Salamander—Capparelli’s Experiments .... 493 
646. The Poison of the Toad—Bufonin—Bufotalin ..... 493, 494 
647. The Heloderma —Poisonous Properties ...... 494, 495 
II. THE POISON OF THE SCORPION. 
648. Varieties of Scorpions—Effects of Scorpion Poison .... 495 
III. POISONOUS FISH. 
649. Various Poisonous Fish—General Nature of the Poison—The Fugu- 
Poison of Japan—Tetrodonin—Tetrodonic Acid—Effects on Man 
of Poisoning by Tetrodon ........ 496, 497 
650. Shellfish Poison—Ichthyismus gastricus—The Poisonous Nature of 
Eel Blood—The Toad Fish—The Poisonous Nature of the Goby . 497, 498 
IV. POISONOUS SPIDERS AND INSECTS. 
651. The Giant Tropical Spiders—The Malmignette—The Kara Kurt 
Poison—The Epeira diadema —The Lycosa tarantula . . . 498, 499 
652. The Katipo of New Zealand ........ 499, 500 
653. The Poison of Ants .......... 500 
654. The Poison of Wasps, Bees, etc......... 500 
655. The Poison of Cantharides ......... 500 
656. Cantharidin—Formula and Properties ...... 500, 501 
657. Pharmaceutical Properties of Cantharides ...... 501 
658. Fatal Dose ............ 501, 502 
659. Effects on Animals—Effects on Man ....... 502, 503 
660. Effects of Cantharidin on the Sexual Passion—Illustrative Cases . 503, 504 
661. Post-mortem Appearances ......... 504 
662. Tests for Cantharidin, and its Detection in the Tissues—Dragendorff’s 
Process ............ 504-506 
V. POISONOUS SNAKES. 
663. Classification of Poisonous Snakes ....... 506, 507 
664. The Poison of the Cobra ..... . 507, 508 
665. Fatal Dose of Cobra Poison .... ... 508 
666 . Effects on Animals .......... 508, 509 
667. Effects on Man .... ....... 509, 510 
668 . Cobra antitoxin ........... 510 
