brought under any medical treatment. The practice is a good one, and I would advocate its continuance and extension. Ammonia is a powerful stimulant and may do good?it cannot do any harm ; administered in doses of ten or fifteen drops with half a wine glass (chittack) of water, every quarter of an hour, or even more frequently, it may be of benefit; and, as in tho police stations and elsewhere ...

Australia is inhabited by a large variety of snakes, including some of the most poisonous in the world. Sightings are regular, and the incidence of snake bite is estimated to be several thousand a year. A bite does not necessarily result in envenomation occurring, however there are at least 300 snakebites a year requiring treatment of envenomation, with between 1 and 4 fatalities every year. Th...

Snake venom gene evolution has been studied intensively over the past several decades, yet most previous studies have lacked the context of complete snake genomes and the full context of gene expression across diverse snake tissues. We took a novel approach to studying snake venom evolution by leveraging the complete genome of the Burmese python, including information from tissue-specific patte...

paratively simple matter.* Unfortunately, it is only rarely that the body of the snake is produced for inspection. Accordingly, the medical man has to diagnose the case on signs and symptoms alone. A history of snake bite is available. Krait and cobra bites are fairly easy to diagnose?though difficult to distinguish between. There is at first pain at the site of the wound which later gives plac...

Accidents with venomous animals are a significant cause of global morbidity and mortality. Through the evolution, these animals have used their venomous apparatus for defence and prey capture. During the adaptation process in environment, several changes have occurred in snake venoms constitution. Nowadays, it is currently known that these animals are able to accumulate a mixture of different c...

Lately several naturally occurring peptides presenting antimicrobial activity have been described in the literature. However, snake venoms, which are an enormous source of peptides, have not been fully explored for searching such molecules. The aim of this work is to review the basis of antimicrobial mechanisms revealing snake venom as a feasible source for searching an antibiotic prototype. Th...

Australia is the stronghold of the front-fanged venomous snake family Elapidae. The Australasian elapid snake radiation, which includes approximately 100 terrestrial species in Australia, as well as Melanesian species and all the world's sea snakes, is less than 12 million years old. The incredible phenotypic and ecological diversity of the clade is matched by considerable diversity in venom co...

Summer exercises in the continental United States bring many military personnel in contact with our four types of indigenous venomous snakes. Personnel with a knowledge of these snakes, their habits, and habitat, and who exercise common sense are much less likely to fall victim to a venomous bite. When a bite does occur, timely and appropriate first aid can help to reduce the sequelae of an env...

Anti snake venom (ASV) is the most specific therapy available for treatment of snakebite envenomation. The ASV available in Nepal are polyvalent ASV produced in India and are effective against envenomation by cobra and krait, the two most common species found in Eastern Nepal. Neurotoxic signs respond slowly and unconvincingly and continuous absorption of venom may cause recurrent neurotoxicity...

AIMS OF STUDY The present study was undertaken to study the relationship between the time of anti-snake venom (ASV) administration due to late arrival of patient at hospital and subsequent development of complications. MATERIAL AND METHODS All patients of snake bite that presented to our institution over a period of 1 1/2 years were included in the present study. A detailed clinical history, ...