This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...between the two lesions. Antivenene. The active principle of serpent venom is a toxalbumin, analogous in character to the bacterial toxins. When taken by the mouth it is harmless, but is then antidotal to itself administered hypodermically or intravenously. By forced filtration it may be divided into two principles, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...between the two lesions. Antivenene. The active principle of serpent venom is a toxalbumin, analogous in character to the bacterial toxins. When taken by the mouth it is harmless, but is then antidotal to itself administered hypodermically or intravenously. By forced filtration it may be divided into two principles, one of which is toxic, but is digested in the stomach; the other is antidotal to the former, and passes from the stomach into the blood. Venomous serpents are almost immune to serpent venom, non-venomous ones share this immunity in a less degree, and the mongoose and some other animals possess it in marked degree, probably by inheritance from many generations of bitten ancestors. Sewall in 1887 showed that pigeons can be immunized against crotalus venom by successive and increasing inoculations of the poison. Calmette discovered that the blood-serum of an animal so immunized is protective against the effects of the bite of a venomous serpent, and Fraser found that when immunization is performed with cobra venom the resulting serum is protective against the virus of several other serpent species. Calmette's is the recognized serum remedy for serpent bites, and has been used successfully in many cases. While particularly effective against cobra venom it is less efficient against that of the crotalus and other vipers, though of decided value in all forms. Its action is said to be directed to the nervous effects of the venom, rather than to its irritative and tissue-destroying qualities. It has been employed in cases of undoubted leprosy with excellent results, having brought about cures after other treatment had completely failed. The dose is 20 to 40 Cc. repeated frequently, but other recognized measures should not be neglected. A ligature should ...
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