“ “ resemblance in action of that of Japanese salamander to, 317. “ “ “ “ “ _Ornithorhynchus_ to, 324. “ “ richness in hæmorrhagin, 249. Viperin, chemistry of, 130. _Viperinæ_, 43, 66, 101. _See also Atheris_, _Atractaspis_, _Bitis_, _Causus_, _Cerastes_, _Echis_, _Pseudocerastes_, _Vipera_. “ characteristics of, 6. Viscera, hæmorrhages from, complicating recovery from bites of _Viperidæ_, 177, 178. “ hyperæmia of, caused by fatal bite of species of _Colubridæ_, 171. Wall, chemical constituents of venom, 160. Waller, fatal instance of rapid poisoning from bite of _Naja haje_, 60. _Walterinnesia_, 64. _Walterinnesia ægyptia_, 65. Wasp, sting of, death from, 283. “ “ remedies for, 286. Weevers, 297. _See also Trachinus._ “ stings of, 298, 299. Wehrmann, on diastasic actions of venoms, 212, 213. “ experiments on ingestion of venom, 214. Wertheimer, Austrian naturalist, fatally bitten by coral snake, 108. Witch-doctors, remedies of, 237, 238, 239. Wolfenden, Norris, chemical constituents of venom, 160. Wright, O. B., observations on _Heloderma horridum_, 323. Yellow fever, treatment by antitoxin of venom, 184. Zervos, Dr. S., malady of sponge-divers, 272. FOOTNOTES: [1] As regards the distinctive characters of these various snakes, and of the majority of those that we shall describe in this book, we have followed the statements in the “Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History),” vol. iii., by George Albert Boulenger, F.R.S. (London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1896.) [2] _Acad. de médecine_, March 19, 1889. [3] _Erpétologie générale_, t. vii. [4] “Le serpent cracheur de la côte occidentale d’Afrique,” _Société Zool. de France_, 1895, p. 210. Bavay thinks that the Spitting Snake is a _Naja haje_, but the description that he gives of the head of the reptile, which was sent to him by Le Naour, certainly agrees with the characters of _Sepedon_. Moreover, I have satisfied myself that the many specimens of _Naja haje_ that I have kept in captivity in my laboratory never possessed the faculty of spitting their poison to a distance. [5] “The Snakes of Australia,” Sydney, 1869. [6] L. Lannoy, “Thèse de doctorat ès sciences,” Paris, 1903, No. 1,138, série A, 454. [7] “Snake Commission Report,” 1874. [8] _Bulletin de l’Académie de Médecine_, t. x., 1883, p. 947. [9] _Zeitschrift für Biologie_, xxiii. [10] Kühne and Chittenden, “Ueber Albumosen,” _Zeitschrift für Biologie_, 1884. [11] _Comptes rendus de la Société de Biologie_, 29 février, 1896. [12] _Annales de l’Institut Pasteur_, 1896, p. 489. [13] _Province médicale_, 21 Septembre, 1901. [14] Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York, 1906. [15] _Proc. Roy. Soc._, London, lxxiv., 1904, pp. 108-109. [16] _Ibid._, pp. 104-108. [17] “Communication de l’Institut Sérothérapique de l’État danois,” tome i., Copenhagen, 1906. [18] _Indian Annals_, July, 1868.