Venoms: Venomous Animals and Antivenomous Serum-therapeutics

Venoms by A. Calmette is a spectacular textbook on the variety of deadly, venomous creatures whose venom may be counteracted with certain medicines. Contents: "PART II. Secretion and collection of venom in snakes, Chemical study of snake venoms, Physiological action of snake-venoms, Physiology of poisoning in man and animals bitten by the different species of poisonous snakes (Colubridæ, Viperidæ, Hydrophiidæ), Physiology of experimental poisoning, Determination of the lethal doses of venom for different species of animals…"