Venoms; venomous animals and antivenomous serum-therapeutics . e attacks ofleipothymia ending in syncope. A kind of painful formication nextpervades the injured limb, which becomes swollen and inflamed,and may even, if treatment be neglected, form the starting pointof a gangrenous phlegmon. This condition is frequently accompanied by certain generalphenomena—such as fever, delirium, and bilious vomiting, theduration of which is variable, since they may only last for two orthree hours, or may continue for several days. Fishermen rightly 300 VENOMS consider this variability to depend upon the am
Venoms; venomous animals and antivenomous serum-therapeutics . e attacks ofleipothymia ending in syncope. A kind of painful formication nextpervades the injured limb, which becomes swollen and inflamed,and may even, if treatment be neglected, form the starting pointof a gangrenous phlegmon. This condition is frequently accompanied by certain generalphenomena—such as fever, delirium, and bilious vomiting, theduration of which is variable, since they may only last for two orthree hours, or may continue for several days. Fishermen rightly 300 VENOMS consider this variability to depend upon the amount of venom thathas penetrated into the wound, and especially upon the seasonat which the accident takes place. The most serious results arerecorded during the spawning season, and fishermen regard theLesser Weever as being the more poisonous. 3.—Gobiidae. In the fishes belonging to this family the body is elongated anddepressed, while the spines in the anterior dorsal fin and in theventral fins are slender, flexible, and seldom very solid. The ventral. Fig. 109. — Callionymus lyra (Dragonet or Skulpin. Family GobiidcB). fins are inserted on the breast or on the throat, and are eitherseparated or united together in the shape of a funnel. The skin isnaked or covered with large scales, and the mouth is furnished withteeth. The males are distinguished by the presence of a longgenital papilla. These fishes are carnivorous. Several species of venomous Gobiidse are met with on the shores VENOMS IN THE ANIMAL SEBIE8 301 of France and in the tropical zone. The most important of thesebelong to the genus CalUonijmus [C. helennus, C. lacertus, C. vidsus,and C. hjra—^^y. 109). The Dragonet or Skulpin {Galllonyynus lyra), which is commonon the coast of Calvados, may attain the length of 30 cm. InFrance it is popularly known as the Doucet, Dragonnet, Lavandiere,Gornaud, or Capouri. Its colours are very vivid, orange and deeplilac. In this fish the prseopercular bone ends in three s
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