BITE OF POISONOUS SNAKES.

How the Bite of Snakes—Supposed to Be Poisonous—May Be Cured

The Poisonous Terrestrial Snakes of India and Ceylon

[Clinical aspects and treatment of bites by poisonous snakes].

Every year there are hundreds of snake bites in Europe, but the main problems occur in tropical areas. Symptoms such as hemorrhages, paralysis and local necrosis vary according to the snake species. Inappropriate first aid should be avoided. Antitoxin should be administered if there are signs of poisoning. It is never too late to give antitoxin. Antitoxin can have a number of potentially very d...

Poisonous Snakes and Calmette's Serum : A Successful Case

back. She mentioned that she was going to hold a wire post when the snake caught her round the left forearm and gave her a bite on the left hand. She felt the sensation of a needle pricking and that was all. No sooner had the animal inflicted its wound than it disappeared again. On examination.?There were two fang wounds on the left thenar eminence half an inch distance from each other. These p...

A Note on Snakes, Snake-Bite and Their Treatment

a snake at night in his quarters while asleep. The snake was 'probably a krait (Bungar,us Coernleus) which was no doubt disturbed by a comrade who had come to deceased for a light. Between 2 and 3 a.m., on 12th September 1899, deceased was found in his quarters by a non-commissioned officer to be suffering from faintnessand much pain in his left, leg which had become powerless. It was thought a...