Venoms, venomous animals and anti-venomous serum-therapeutics / by A. Calmette ; translated by Ernest E. Austin.

  • Albert Calmette
Date:
1908
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAET I. Page 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 geogi-aphical distribution ... ... ... ... ••• 22 A. Europe ... ... ... ... ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ 22 B. Asia, Dtdch Indies and Pliilijppine Islands ... 30 C. Africa 57 D. Australia and adjacent large islands ... ... 81 E. Ame7'ica ... ... ... ••• ■•• ••• ••• 100 F. HydrophiidcB (sea-snakes) ... 131 G. Geog7-a]jliical distribution of the in-incipal genera of poisonous snakes in the five divisions of the zvorld ... ... ... •■• ••• ••• ••■ 142 PART II. Chap. IV.—Secretion and collection of venom in snakes 147 Chap. V.—Chemical study of snake-venoms ... 1^9 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 {Colu- hridcB, Viperidce, Hydroqihiidce) 168 B. Physiology of experimental poisoning 170 C. Determination of the lethal doses of venom for dif- ferent species of animals 173 D. Effects of venom in non-lethal doses 177
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