Venomous snakes - medical aspects (1950)

A general discussion of venomous snakes which, by means of diagrams and pictures of living snakes, describes their classification and characteristics, snake venoms and their effects, and the treatment of snake bites. Find out more: http://catalogue.wellcome.ac.uk/record=b1677969~S3

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• medicine.
• Antivenins.
• Snake
• venoms.
• Tropical
• Medicine.

[thaipulsedotcom]

Don't use a tourniquet. Don't cut around the bite marks. Don't suction the bite site. Antivenin is only used in a larger dose after 1. symptoms. 2. a test dose, very small - to see if the patient reacts negatively to it. Antivenin is a major cause of death itself in many cases, as the patient reacts negatively to it - and goes into anaphylactic shock.

[aussiemorelia]

to think they thought this to be the correct first aid for a snake bite.

wonder how many people would of lived if they applied current methods?