THE WOURALI POISON.

Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac.

Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries

Searching for a Poison in a Poison

chlorinated biphenyl (PC8I mixtures had been described previously. High mortality, liver damage, and edema were associated with only two of the three PCB5. Using column and gas chromatography, several compounds were identified in the diethylether fracdon of these two PCBs. A chick embryo assay confirmed the high toxicity of this fraction. Mass spectremetric and microcoulometric analyses indicat...

The Poison of Snakes

Gth August.?A Bungarus Fasciatus, nearly full-grown, was bittea by the same Cobra at 12-22 p.m., at about eight inches from the head. The snake was bitten twice; the Cobra took firm hold, and implanted the fangs deeply. At 2-30, when I left, there was no change; the Bungarus eeemed unaffected. The Bungarus died at 7-30 p.m. of the 7th, about 29 hours after being bitten. At 1 p.m. of the 7th, he...

The Poison of the Krait

sik,?lviay i draw your attention to the letter from Captain R.Crawford Boyd on a case of Snake Bite in the December number. The letter first came to my notice in the Times of India, and fas it has been made thus public, I think any doubts should be cleared up. I believe that all authorities are agreed that the poison of the common Krait is, bulk for bulk, more virulent that any other Indian sna...