Venoms: Venomous Animals and Antivenomous Serum-therapeutics

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PART I.
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Chap. I.—I.	General notes on poisonous animals		1
II.	General classification of poisonous snakes. Their anatomo-physiological characters		3
Chap. II.—	Habits of poisonous snakes. Their capture		17
Chap. III.—	Description of the principal species of poisonous snakes. Their geographical distribution		22
	A. Europe		22
	B. Asia, Dutch Indies and Philippine Islands		30
	C. Africa		57
	D. Australia and adjacent large islands		81
	E. America		100
	F. HydrophiidÆ (sea-snakes)		131
	G. Geographical distribution of the principal genera of poisonous snakes in the five divisions of the world		142
PART II.
Chap. IV.—	Secretion and collection of venom in snakes		147
Chap. V.—	Chemical study of snake-venoms		159
Chap. VI.—	Physiological action of snake-venoms		168
	A. Physiology of poisoning in man and in animals bitten by the different species of poisonous snakes (ColubridÆ, ViperidÆ, HydrophiidÆ)		168
	B. Physiology of experimental poisoning		170
	C. Determination of the lethal doses of venom for different species of animals		173
	D. Effects of venom in non-lethal doses		177
Chap. VII.—	Physiology of poisoning (continued). Effects of the various venoms on the different tissues of the organism		179
		(1) Action upon the liver	182
		(2) Action upon the kidney	183
		(3) Action upon the spleen, heart and lungs	183
		(4) Action upon the striated muscles	184
		(5) Action upon the nervous centres	185
Chap. VIII.—	Physiology of poisoning (continued). Action of venoms on the blood		188
	A. Effects of venom on the coagulation of the blood		188
		I. Coagulant venoms	190
		II. Anticoagulant venoms	Clyx.com