THE THANATOPHIDIA OF INDIA 
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BEING A DESCEIPTION OF THE 
VENOMOUS SNAKES 
OF THE 
INDIAN PENINSULA 
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF 
THE INFLUENCE OF THEIR POISON ON LIFE 
AND A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS 
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BY 
J. FAYRER, C.S.I., M.D., F.R.S.E. 
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON, HONORARY PHYSICIAN TO THE QUEEN, SURGEON-MAJOR H.M. BENGAL ARMY, PROFESSOR OF SURGERY AND SENIOR 
SURGEON IN THE CALCUTTA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND ITS HOSPITAL, FELLOW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA, OF THE ZOOLOGICAL AND 
GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON, AMD LATE PRESIDENT OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 
LONDON 
J. AND A. CHURCHILL, NEW BURLINGTON STREET 
""1874 
