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INDEX. 
pARIAS maculata, 20 
Parula, 7 
Passerita mycterizans, 82, 83 
Patna, deaths from snake-bite in, 33 
Pelamis, 25 
,, bicolor, 25, 133 
„ ,, experiments with, and Fowl, 130, 131 
,, ornata, 25 
„ platurus, 25 
Peltopelor, 21 
,, macrolepis, 21 
Peritoneum, absorption of poison by, experiments, 11G, 1GI 
Peshawur, deaths from snake-bite in, 35 
Platurus, 23 
„ affinis, 24 
,, faseiatus, 24 
„ fischeri, 24 
,, scutatus, 24 
Plum ear Snake, 55 
Police, suggestions for, 41 
Poison of different snakes, Dr. Hilson on effects of, 173 
,, „ ,, relative deadliness of, 17, 63, 122, 123, 137 
,, vide Bungarus, Cobra, Daboia, Echis, Ophiophagus, Snake 
„ gland, 4 
Poison snake, effects on different animals, G4, 85 
Poison, snake, mode of obtaining, 65 
Pooreya Paru, 142 
Post-mortem appearances of snake poisoning in Man, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 
52, 166 
Post-mortem appearances in animals, 64, 65, 66, 67, 72, 77, 78, 79, 80, 110 
Potass®, liquor, in treatment of snake-bite, 38, 122 
„ „ injection of, experiments, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 120 
Potass®, permanganatis liquor, injection of, experiments, 95 
Presidency, deaths from snake-bite in, 33 
Provinces, Central „ ,, 36 
„ N.W. „ „ 32, 34, 36 
Psammodynastes pulverulentus, 2 
Pseudoboa caerulea, 11 
„ fasciata, 10 
Ptyas mucosus, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75, 78, 84 
„ „ dentition of, 2 
Punjab, deaths from snake-bite in, 32, 35, 36 
Q u 
ININE, injection of, experiments, 97, 145 
]> AJSlIAIiyi:';, deaths from snake-bite in, 33 
Rana tigrina, 68, 70, 71 
Rajsamp, 10 
Rat snake, 66, 71, vide Ptyas mucosus 
Rawul Pindee, deaths from snake-bite in, 35 
Respiration, vide Artificial Respiration 
Rohilcund, deaths from snake-bite in, 34 
Royal Society, Extract from Proceedings of, 147 
C AT,TV A of poisoned animals, experiments with, 156 
Sankni, 10, 119 
Sarang, 59 
Sarsa Gahman, 7 
Scarification in treatment of snake-bite, 38 
Schneiderian membrane, experiment on absorption of snake-poison by, 109 
Sciatic nerve, application of snake-poison to, 130 
Scytab bysonata, 15 
Serpents, vide Ophidia 
„ dentition of, 2 
Sorex c®rulescens, 83 
Snake-bite, deaths from, in Bengal, 30 
,, ,, symptoms of, 165 
„ ,, time of death from, 1G6 
,, „ treatment of, 37 
„ „ „ summary of, 39, 41 
,, charmers of Bengal, 169 
,, poison, 4 
,, „ absorption of, 37 
„ „ effects of, on human subject, 165, 166 
,, ,, experiments, 65 
„ „ „ summary of, 63 
,, „ mode of obtaining, 65, 168 
n „ physiological effects of, 63, 147, 148, 151, 165, 166, 173 
)( „ use in native medicine, 168 
Snakes, poisonous, dentition of, 2, 3 
,, habits of, 64 
,, muscular apparatus of, 4 
„ poison gland of, 4 
,, Indian, distribution of, 167, 169 
Snakes, poisonous, Indian, list of, 167 
,, ,, relative deadliness of, 17, 63, 164 
,, ,, rewards for, 8,31 
„ „ unknown, cases of death by, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 
51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 
Snake stones, 38, 40 
„ ,, experiments with, 138 
Snail, 83 
Sonthal Pergunnahs, death from snake-bite in, 33 
Stimulants in treatment of snake-bite, 38 
Stomach, absorption of poison by, experiment, 115 
Strychnia, effect of, on Cobra, 7 6, 81 
„ experiments on, as an antidote, 74, 75, 162 
Sunkerchor, 8 
^ANJORE Pills, 128, 129, 139, 140 
Tentuliah, 127 
Tentuliah Kurrees, 125 
Thanatopbidia, classification of, 1, 2 
„ characters of sub-orders of, 5 
Thalassophis, 29 
„ werneri, 24 
Ticpolonga, 14, 44 
Treatment of snake-bite, 37—41 
Tree Snake, 74 
Trigonocephalus affinis, 21 
„ . elliotti, 21 
„ hypnale, 22 
„ malabaricus, 20 
,, mucrosquamatus, 21 
„ neelgherriensis, 21 
,, nigromarginatus, 20 
„ viridis, 19 
,, zara, 22 
Trimeresuri, 18 
Trimeresurus, 17 
„ anamallensis, 20 
,, andersonii, 21 
,, erythrurus, 19 
,, gramineus, 19 
,, mucrosquamatus, 21 
,, monticola, 20, 141 
,, ,, experiment with, and Dog, 141 
„ „ „ „ Fowl, 141, 142 
,, obscurus, 21 
„ ophiophagus, 8 
„ strigatus, 21 
„ wardii, 21 
,, (?) cases of bite by, 44, 45 
Trimesurus albolabris, 19 
,, bicolor, 19 
,, carinatus, 19 
,, (?) ceylonensis, 22 
„ elegans, 19 
,, macrolepis, 21 
,, porphyraceus, 19 
,, strigatus, 21 
,, viridis, 19 
Tropidonotus macrophthalmus, 10 
,, quincunciatus, 74 
yjMBALLA, deaths from snake-bite in, 35 
Umritsur „ ,, „ 35 
Urine of poisoned animal, experiment with, 164 
yALAKADYEN, 24 
Varanus fiavescens, 68, 70 
Viper, chain, 15, 167 
,, Russell’s 14, 72 
Vipera trimaculata, 13 
,, daboia, 14 
,, elegans, 14, 55 
,, gramineus, 19 
,, viridis, 19 
Viper id®, 14 
„ fang of, 3 
Viperine, 4 
Viverra malaceensis, 78 
WOOLLEN socks as a 
Wourali, 147, 153 
preventive against 
snake-bite, 135 
^ENURELAPS, 11 
„ bungaroides, 11. 
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