TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
XI 
Thirty-third Series.- —Memorandum addressed to the 
Indian Government recommending the appoint¬ 
ment of a Committee in Calcutta to investigate 
the subject of the treatment of Snake Poisoning 
by Artificial Respiration . 
Report of Experiments performed by a Commit¬ 
tee appointed by the Indian Government and 
composed of Dr. Ewart, Professor of Phy¬ 
siology, Dr. Stephen Coull Mackenzie, and 
Mr. Vincent Richards, on the Treatment of Snake 
Poisoning by Artificial Respiration, in four Instal¬ 
ments. 
First Instalment.—Experiments with Artificial Re¬ 
spiration on Dogs bitten by Cobras . 
Second Instalment.—Experiments with Artificial Re¬ 
spiration on Dogs bitten by Cobras. 
Third Instalment. — Experiments by the hypo¬ 
dermic injection of weighed quantities of Cobra 
Poison and the employment of Artificial Re¬ 
spiration . 
Fourth Instalment.—Experiments to ascertain the 
minimum fatal dose of Cobra and Daboia Poisons 
and the period at which death takes place, by 
the hypodermic injection and by injection 
into the peritoneal cavity of weighed quantities 
of the poisons. Experiment with Artificial 
Respiration . . 
Thirty-fourth Series.—Experiments by Mr. Richards 
with Strychnine as an Antidote to Snake Poison, 
on the quantity of poison necessary to kill, on 
the effects of the poisons of different Snakes, 
and on the Treatment of Snake Poisoning by the 
intra-venous Injection of Ammonia and by Arti¬ 
ficial Respiration. 
Thirty-fifth Series.—Experiments with the Poisons of 
Daboia russellii and of Naja tripudians .... 
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Memorandum on the Effects of Snake Poison on the 
Human Subject. Local and General Symptoms 
or Conditions.—Effects of the Poison on the 
Nervous System and on the Heart.—Post-mortem 
appearances.—Table showing the period at which 
death occurred in 62 fatal cases . 
APPENDIX. 
No. I.—Circular issued by the Inspector-General of 
Hospitals, with a List of Indian Poisonous Snakes 
No. II.-—-Letter, with Form of Return, addressed by the 
Author to the Secretaries or Political Agents of the 
Governments of Bengal, the N.W. Provinces, the 
Punjab, Oude, Central Provinces, Central India, 
Rajpootana, and British Burmah. 
No. III.'—-Note on the Use of Snake Poison in Medicine 
by the Kabirajes of Bengal. 
No. IV.-—Note on the so-called Snake-charmers of Bengal 
No. V.—On the Distribution of the Indian Thanatophidia, 
by Mr. W. F. Blanford and Dr. F. Stoliczlca . 
No. VI.—Note, by Dr. King, on the Jhansie and Singapore 
Antidotes. 
No. VII.—On the Chemical Constitution of Cobra Poison, 
by Dr. H. E. Armstrong. 
No. VIII.—Experiments on the Activity of the Cobra 
Poison and its Alcoholic Extract, by Dr. T. Lauder 
Brunton . 
No. IX.—Letter by Fontana on the intra-venous Injection 
of Ammonia in Snake-bite.. 
No. X.—Two cases of Snake-bite treated by Injection of 
Liquor Ammonise into the Veins, with remarks on 
the Action of Snake Poison, by Dr. A. H. Hilson, 
Officiating Civil Surgeon, Moradabad. 
No. XI.—Note on an Elastic Ligature for the Treatment 
of Snake-bite. 
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