Chapter IX: Part VII: Poisons Derived From Living or Dead Animal

SUBSTANCES.

DIVISION I.--POISONS SECRETED BY LIVING ANIMALS.

I. POISONOUS AMPHIBIA.

623. Poisonous Properties of the Skin of the _Salamandra Maculosa_
--Salamandrine, &c., 467
624. Poison from the Toad, 468

II. THE POISON OF THE SCORPION.

625. Various Species of Scorpions--Effects of the Scorpion Poison, 468

III. POISONOUS FISH.

626. Poisonous Fish--Illustrative Cases, 468-470

IV. POISONOUS SPIDERS AND INSECTS.

627. The Bite of the Tarantula--The Bite of the _Latrodectus
Malmignatus_, 470
628. Effects of the Bite of the Katipo, 471
629. Ants, &c., 471
630. The Poison of Wasps, Bees, and Hornets, 471
631. Cantharides, 471
632. Cantharidin, 471, 472
633. Pharmaceutical Preparations of Cantharides, 472
634. Fatal Dose, 472
635. Effects on Animals--Radecki’s Experiments--Effects on Man--
Heinrich’s Auto-Experiments, 472, 473
636. General Symptoms Produced by Cantharides, 473, 474
637. _Post-mortem_ Appearances, 474
638. Tests for Cantharidin--Distribution in the Body--Dragendorff’s
Process, 475-477

V. SNAKE POISON.

639. Classes of Poisonous Snakes, 477
640. The Poison of the Cobra, 478
641. Fatal Dose of Cobra Poison, 479
642. Effects on Animals, 479
643. Effects on Man, 479, 480
644. Antidotes and Treatment--Halford’s Treatment by Ammonia--
Permanganate of Potash, 480, 481
645. Detection of the Cobra Venom, 482
646. Effects of the Bite of the _Duboia Russellii_, or Russell’s
Viper, 483
647. The Poison of the Common Viper--The Venom of Naja Haje
(Cleopatra’s Asp), 483, 484

DIVISION II.--PTOMAINES--TOXINES.

648. Definition of a Ptomaine, 485

_Isolation of Ptomaines._

649. Gautier’s Process, 485
650. Brieger’s Process, 485-487
651. Benzoyl Chloride Method, 487, 488
652. The Amines, 488-490
653. Methylamine, 491
654. Dimethylamine, 491
655. Trimethylamine, 491
656. Ethylamine, 491
657. Diethylamine, 491
658. Triethylamine, 491
659. Propylamine, 491
660. Isoamylamine, 492

_Diamines._

661. Rate of Formation of Diamines, 492
662. Ethylidenediamine, 492
663. Neuridine, 493, 494
664. Cadaverine, 494-496
665. Putrescine, 496
666. Metaphenylenediamine, 497
667. Paraphenylenediamine, 497
668. Hexamethylenediamine, 497
669. Diethylenediamine, 497, 498
670. Mydaleine, 498
671. Guanidine, 498, 499
672. Methylguanidine, 499, 500
673. Saprine, 500
674. The Choline Group, 500, 501
675. Neurine, 501
676. Betaine, 501, 502
677. Peptotoxine, 502
678. Pyridine-like Alkaloid from the Cuttle-fish, 502, 503
679. Poisons connected with Tetanus--Tetanine, 503
680. Tetanotoxine, 503, 504
681. Mydatoxine, 504
682. Mytilotoxine, 505
683. Tyrotoxicon, 504, 505
684. Toxines connected with Hog Cholera, 505, 506
685. Other Ptomaines, 506

DIVISION III.--FOOD POISONING.

686. The Welbeck--The Oldham--The Bishop Stortford--The
Wolverhampton--The Carlisle, and other Mass Poisonings by
changed Food--Statistics of Deaths from Unwholesome Food, 506-508
687. German Sausage Poisoning, 509