Treatise on the venom of the viper
Subtitle: on the American poisons, and on the cherry laurel, and some other vegetable poisons : to which are annexed observations on the primitive structure of the animal body, different experiments on the reproduction of the nerves, and a description of a new canal of the eye : with ten descriptive plates
By: translated from the original French of Felix Fontana ... by Joseph Skinner ... ; in two volumes.
Publisher: Printed for J. Murray ...
Published: 1787
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Poisonous snakes -- Venom -- Physiological effect.; Poisons -- United States -- Early works to 1800.; Poisonous plants.; Poisons -- Physiological effect.; Human anatomy.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Work titles: Trattato del veleno della vipera, dé veleni americani, di quello del lauro-regio, e di altri veleni vegetabili.
Notes: English translation from the French edition: Traité sur le vénin de la vipere, sur les poisons americans, sur le lauriuer-cerise et sur quelques autres poisons vegetaux.

Includes bibliographical references and index.