Venomous Animals and their Venoms. Venomous Vertebrates

Content: 
Contributors to This Volume, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages v-vi
Preface, Pages vii-viii, WOLFGANG BÜCHERL, ELEANOR E. BUCKLEY, VENANCIO DEULOFEU
Introduction, Pages ix-xii, WOLFGANG BÜCHERL
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II (Tentative), Pages xix-xxii
Development of Knowledge about Venoms, Pages 1-12, CHAUNCEY D. LEAKE
Chapter I - The Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and Its Venomous Characteristics, Pages 15-29, J.H. CALABY
Chapter 2 - Classification, Biology, and Description of the Venom Apparatus of Insectivores of the Genera Solenodon, Neomys, and Blarina, Pages 31-42, GEORGE H. POURNELLE
Chapter 3 - Chemistry and Pharmacology of Insectivore Venoms, Pages 43-50, MICHALINA PUCEK
Chapter 4 - Karyotypes, Sex Chromosomes, and Chromosomal Evolution in Snakes, Pages 53-95, WILLY BEÇAK
Chapter 5 - Extraction and Quantities of Venom Obtained from Some Brazilian Snakes, Pages 97-117, HELIO EMERSON BELLUOMINI
Chapter 6 - The Protein and Nonprotein Constituents of Snake Venoms, Pages 119-165, ANIMA DEVI
Chapter 7 - Enzymes in Snake Venoms, Pages 167-216, N.K. SARKAR, ANIMA DEVI
Chapter 8 - Bradykinin Formation by Snake Venoms, Pages 217-227, CARLOS R. DINIZ
Chapter 9 - Coagulant, Proteolytic, and Hemolytic Properties of Some Snake Venoms, Pages 229-273, G. ROSENFELD, L. NAHAS, E.M.A. KELEN
Chapter 10 - Methods of Classification of Venomous Snakes, Pages 275-283, Konrad Klemmer
Chapter 11 - Venomous Sea Snakes (Hydrophiidae), Pages 285-308, MICHEL BARME
Chapter 12 - Classification and Distribution of European, North African, and North and West Asiatic Venomous Snakes, Pages 309-325, Konrad Klemmer
Chapter 13A - Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Snake Venoms of Europe and the Mediterranean Regions, Pages 327-338, P. BOQUET
Chapter 13B - Pharmacology and Toxicology of Snake Venoms of Europe and the Mediterranean Regions, Pages 339-357, P. BOQUET
Chapter 14 - Symptomatology, Pathology, and Treatment of Bites by Near Eastern, European, and North African Snakes, Pages 359-401, S. GITTER, A. de VRIES
Chapter 15 - The Venomous Snakes of Central and South Africa, Pages 403-435, DONALD G. BROADLEY
Chapter 16 - The Venoms of Central and South African Snakes, Pages 437-461, POUL AGERHOLM CHRISTENSEN
Chapter 17 - The Symptomatology, Pathology, and Treatment of the Bites of Venomous Snakes of Central and Southern Africa, Pages 463-527, DAVID S. CHAPMAN
Chapter 18 - The Venomous Terrestrial Snakes of East Asia, India, Malaya, and Indonesia, Pages 529-576, ALAN E. LEVITON
Chapter 19 - Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Venoms of Asiatic Snakes, Pages 577-610, B.N. GHOSH, D.K. CHAUDHURI
Chapter 20 - Symptomatology, Pathology, and Treatment of Land Snake Bite in India and Southeast Asia, Pages 611-642, H. ALISTAIR REID
Author Index, Pages 643-660
Subject Index, Pages 661-707