An essay towards a natural history of serpentsOwen, Charles
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An essay towards a natural history of serpents
Owen, Charles
Serpent worship -- Early works to 1800; Serpents -- Early works to 1800; Serpents -- Religious aspects -- Early works to 1800
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_Cabiri_, characteriz’d, 81
_Caudisonant_, or Rattle-Snake, (the Figure, Plate 7) describ’d, 91
—— Its Wounds and Cures, 92
_Cameleon_, (the Figure, Plate 5) describ’d; the reason why it appears
in a change of Colours, 96
—— Why call’d a living Skin, 97
_Canina_ Serpent, describ’d, 103
—— A Domestick Animal, 104
_Camruana_ Serpent, 108
_Carapobeba_, 122
_Cæcilia_ Serpent describ’d, why call’d blind, 80
_Cencris_ Serpent describ’d, why call’d miliary, 80, 1
_Cerastes_, (the Figure, Plate 1) describ’d, the Executioner of
Justice, 54, 5
_Ceylon_, a Land of Delights, 113
_Ceylonic Hotambæia_ Serpent, 115
_Chickens_, produc’d by artificial Heat, 6, 147
_Chastity_ conjugal, how try’d, 55
_Charming_ of Serpents, various Instances, 62, 3
—— of Rats, a remarkable Instance in _Germany_, 65
—— of Serpents, by a Wand, 65
_Cheese_, an odd Custom in Antiquity about it, 129
_Chicken_ Snake, 131
_Cherubims_, Emblems of Mercy and Justice, 175, 6
_Christ_’s Death, publish’d before that of _Adam_, 180
_Cleopatra_, her own Executioner by a Serpent, 34, 60, 61
_Cloth_, wash’d in Fire, 95
_Cobres Capellos_ Serpent, describ’d, 90
_Colour_ Green, why hated by the _Turks_, 108
—— Blue, why hated by the _Persians_, 109
_Cordylus_, a noxious Reptile, 121
_Corn_ Snake, 129
_Crocodile_, (the Figure, Plate 5) describ’d at large, 118
—— eats Stones, _ibid._
—— venerated in _Egypt_, _ibid._
—— the occasion of a War, _ibid._
—— a Judge of Controversies, 119
—— the manner of destroying it, 120
—— Symbol of the Deity, 178
_Creation_, a Poem, 162
_Cuckold_, its Origin, 54
_Cuckow_ Spittle, Grashoppers hatch’d in it, 108
_Cucurijuba_, a Serpent monstrous, 110
D.
_Darkness_, the Destruction of Colours, 71
_Dæmons_ explain’d, 205
_Devil_ ador’d, 236, 238
_Distempers_ cur’d by manual Touch, 56, 7
_Dipsas_ Serpent, describ’d; its Wounds bring incurable Thirst, 85
_Dogs_, superiour to Men in the Sense of Smelling, 66
—— the manner of Sensation philosophically explain’d, 67
—— Providence vindicated in that matter, 68
_Dopon_ Serpent, 133
_Dragons_ describ’d, various Sorts and Forms, 74
—— monstrous one slain by _Gozon_, Knight, by a strange contrivance, 75
—— another slain by the _Roman_ Army, 76
_Dragon_, _Pythian_, Guardian of the _Delphick_ Oracle, _ibid._
_Dragons_, Guardians of Treasures, 78
—— winged, describ’d, (the Figure, Plate 2), 192
—— _Æthiopian_, (the Figure, Plate 2)
_Druina_ Serpent, describ’d, 83
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