Ewing, action of venom on brain, 185. Facial bones, special arrangements of, characteristic of poisonous snakes, 6. Fasting, prolonged, snake-venom shows greatest activity after, 176. Faust, S., salamandrine prepared by, 316. Fayrer, Sir J., fatal results of experimental ingestion of venoms, 180. “ “ on the daboia (_Vipera russellii_), 47. “ “ habits of the krait (_Bungarus candidus_), 33. “ “ harmless ingestion of venom exceeding lethal dose, 214. “ “ _Naja bungarus_, 39. Feeding, artificial, in laboratories for collection of venom, 157. “ “ of poisonous snakes, 17, 18. Fer-de-lance (_Lachesis lanceolatus_), 112, 113, 114. Féré, Ch., experiments on development of embryo after introduction of venom into fowl’s egg, 214. Fishes succumb rapidly to snake-venom, 172. “ venomous, 288. “ “ poison-apparatus of, 289. Flexner and Noguchi, on action of snake-serum on red corpuscles, 219. “ “ cytolytic action of venoms, 206. “ “ investigations on toxicity of snakes’ organs, 220. Food, abstinence from, by snakes, 149. Fowls killed by causing them to ingest venom, 180. Fox, W. A., bite from _Sepedon hæmachates_, 337. France, mortality from snake-bite in, 3. Fraser, on destructive action of bile on cobra-venom, 215. Frog-serum, antidote to poison of pedicellariæ, 274. Frogs succumb slowly to snake-poisoning, 172. _Furina_, 98. “ _bimaculata_, 99. “ _calonota_, 99. “ _occipitalis_, 99. Gaboon viper, 73. _See also Bitis gabonica._ Gangrene, produced by venom of _Viperidæ_, 177. Gautier, Armand, chemical constituents of venom, 160. Geographical distribution of poisonous snakes in Africa, 143, 144. “ “ “ “ America, 146. “ “ “ “ Asia, 142, 143. “ “ “ “ Europe, 142. “ “ “ “ Oceania, 145. Geracki, collection of venom, 156. Gibbs, Wolcott, chemical constituents of venom, 160. Glands (acid and alkaline), poison-organs of the hymenoptera, 282. “ secretion of venom from, 147. Glandular secretions of persons and animals bitten by venomous snakes, toxic, 181. Glycerine, means of preservation of concentrated solution of venom, 166. _Glyphodon_, 83. “ _tristis_, 84. _Gobiidæ_, 300. Gouzien, Paul, collection of venom from poisonous snakes in French settlements in India, 359. “ “ on collection of venom, 156. Grage (_Lachesis atrox_), immunity from bite of, 238. Grass-snakes, parotid glands of, 147. “ “ withstand large doses of venom, 172. Gressin on poisoning from weever-stings, 299. de Gries on bites from _Bothrops_, 353, 354. Ground rattle-snake, 120. _See also Sistrurus miliarius._ Grunting batrachus. _See Batrachus grunniens._ Guiana, witch-doctors of, snake-bite remedies, 237, 238. Guinea-pig, minimal doses of various venoms lethal for, 173, 174, 175. “ vaccination against cobra-venom, 242. Hæmolysins of venom, resistance to heat, 202.