Snake bite poisoning

Death from a Snake Bite (Krait Poisoning)

potash permanganate. Antivenene was injected ana also injections of adrenalin and pituitrin were givenWhen the medical officer saw the boy 15 minutes after the bite the boy was fully conscious with staring eyesSoon after he had one vomit and gradually he bega*j to get drowsy. He could be roused and answere questions until 10-30 p.m. There was no paralysis 0 the legs and he could move his legs w...

Snake bite.

Snake bite is a common and frequently devastating environmental and occupational disease, especially in rural areas of tropical developing countries. Its public health importance has been largely ignored by medical science. Snake venoms are rich in protein and peptide toxins that have specificity for a wide range of tissue receptors, making them clinically challenging and scientifically fascina...

Snake-Bite

The Global Snake Bite Initiative: an antidote for snake bite.

Clinicians have for a long time witnessed the tragedy of injury, disability, and death from snake bite that is a daily occurrence in many parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. To many people living in these regions, including some of the world’s poorest communities, snake bite is an ever present occupational risk and environmental hazard, an additional penalty of poverty. Like malaria, deng...

Snake Poisoning

able series of experiments conducted by Dr. Fayrer before his departure from India was first given to the public. We have, through the authors' courtesy, been put in possession of some additional experiments bearing more particularly on the physiological action of the venom conducted by Drs. Fayrer and Lauder Brunton in London. These have been published in the proceedings of the Royal Society j...