IMMUNISATION AGAINST SERPENTS' VENOM AND THE TREATMENT OF SNAKE-BITE WITH ANTIVENENE.

Snake-Bite and Antivenene

of a lethal dose of poison having been received. It was therefore primarily with the object of obtaining more accurate data in these respects, that, towards the end of 3 809, I caused each of the police and charitable hospitals and dispensaries (branch as-well as main) in the Central Provinces to be furnished with the necessary apparatus and a small stock of the antitoxin, while I, at the same ...

Three Cases of Snake-Bite and Antivenene

The Treatment of Snake-Bite

Sir,?Referring to Dr. Banerjee's letter in the October 1926 issue of the Gazette, I would refer him to Wall's book on the Poisonous Terrestrial Snakes of India and Ceylon, published by the Bombay Natural History Society, in which book the symptoms and treatment of snake poisoning are gone into very thoroughly. Dr. Banerjee's statement is quite correct that sloughing may be produced by the venom...

Antisnake venom in a neonate with snake bite.

There is no report of the use of antisnake venom (ASV) in the neonatal age group in literature. We report a 27 days old female neonate who presented with neuroparalytic manifestations of snake bite and was treated successfully with ASV. A total of 50 vials (500 mL) of polyvalent antisnake venom were given as infusion in hourly aliquots of 50 mL, over 72 hours.

Two Cases of Snake-Bite. A Plea for the More Extensive Use of Antivenene

To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette. Sir,?In June 1927, as Medical Officer of the North Anantapur Gold Mines, I met with two cases of snake bite (perhaps not due to cobras) which were successfully treated by a combination of Sir Leonard Rogers' method and antivenene as prepared by the Central Research Institute, Kasauli. Case 1.?M., cct. 35, a coolie, whilst preparing to go down the pit a...