Venoms
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- Venomous Animals and Antivenomous Serum-therapeutics
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE TO ENGLISH EDITION.3. INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH EDITION.4. PART I. CHAPTER I. GENERAL NOTES ON POISONOUS ANIMALS—POISONOUS SNAKES: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AND ANATOMO-PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS.5. CHAPTER II. HABITS OF POISONOUS SNAKES. THEIR CAPTURE.6. CHAPTER III. DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF POISONOUS SNAKES. THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.7. CHAPTER III. DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF POISONOUS SNAKES. THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. (continued 2)8. PART II. CHAPTER IV. SECRETION AND COLLECTION OF VENOM IN SNAKES.9. CHAPTER V. THE CHEMICAL STUDY OF SNAKE-VENOMS.10. CHAPTER VI. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION OF SNAKE-VENOMS.11. CHAPTER VII. PHYSIOLOGY OF POISONING (continued).12. CHAPTER VIII. PHYSIOLOGY OF POISONING (continued).13. CHAPTER IX. PHYSIOLOGY OF POISONING (continued).14. CHAPTER X. TOXICITY OF THE BLOOD OF VENOMOUS SNAKES.15. CHAPTER XI. NATURAL IMMUNITY OF CERTAIN ANIMALS WITH RESPECT TO SNAKE-VENOMS.16. CHAPTER XII. SNAKE-CHARMERS.17. PART III. ANTIVENOMOUS SERUM THERAPEUTICS. CHAPTER XIII. VACCINATION AGAINST SNAKE-VENOM—PREPARATION OF ANTIVENOMOUS SERUM—ITS PREVENTIVE PROPERTIES AS REGARDS INTOXICATION BY VENOM.18. CHAPTER XIV. NEUTRALISATION OF VENOM BY ANTITOXIN.19. CHAPTER XV. TREATMENT OF POISONOUS SNAKE-BITES IN MAN AND ANIMALS. OBJECTS OF THE TREATMENT: TECHNIQUE OF ANTIVENOMOUS SERUM-THERAPY.20. PART IV.21. CHAPTER XVI.22. CHAPTER XVII. VENOMS IN THE ANIMAL SERIES (continued).23. CHAPTER XVIII. VENOMS IN THE ANIMAL SERIES (continued).24. PART V. DOCUMENTS. I.—A few Notes and Observations relating to Bites of Poisonous Snakes Treated by Antivenomous Serum Therapeutics.25. II.—A Few Notes and Observations Relating to Domestic Animals Bitten by Poisonous Snakes and Treated with Serum.26. III.—Note on the Collection of Venom and the Treatment of Bites from Poisonous Snakes in the French Settlements in India. By Dr. Paul Gouzien. Principal Medical Officer of Colonial Troops.27. INDEX.