Indian Snake-Poisons, Their Nature and Effects
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Indian Snake-poisons, their Nature and Effects By A. J. YVali, m. d. f Dond.), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England ; of the Medical Staff H. At.'s Indian Army* This work, which is dedicated to Sir Joseph Fayrer, is in many respects a distinct advance upon our knowledge of snake-poisons, and especially so in those chapters in which the characteristic physiological effects of the various poisons upon the organism are considered. It is particularly clearly, concisely, and ably written; and its tone ij comparatively free from dogmatism. There are a few points upon which much room for diversity of opinion admittedly exists ; and one or two upon which our experience leads us to take a different view to that of the au-
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