Rattlesnake. Crotalus cerastes. "In the History of Peru, an account is given of a young woman who was wounded by a rattlesnake and died on the spot before any relief could be obtained; and, when the corpse came to be taken up, the flesh separated from the bones, so speedily did the violence of the poison dissolve the structure of the body.". Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature" (1798~1802) published by Harrison, London.