Word: antivenin
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...feel confident that antivenin suitable for the treatment of human cases will be developed and will prove equally as effective. This, however, has not yet been proved...
...Despite the numerous species of poisonous snakes in North and South America, there is now an antivenin for every kind of snake poison in the western hemisphere," stated Dr. Afranio do Amaral, noted ophiologist and director of the Instituto Butantan at Sao Paulo, Brazil, in an interview yesterday...
...snakebites. Although the Instituto Bustantan was founded almost 30 years ago, almost all the serums have been produced within the last few years since the young director took over the duties of research and production. Within recent years the Brazilian institution has expanded so that a North American antivenin research institute is now working in conjunction with...
...horse is bled and the serum proteins are separated and purified. When this serum is injected into a person suffering from snake-bite it goes to the poison because it has a peculiar affinity for it. Then neutralization of the poison takes place but the injection of the antivenin must take place within 12 hours in order to insure safety...
...Amaral sketched a diagram showing the entire development and distribution of the serum and emphasized the fact that the serum produced is a mixture of antivenin produced from all species of snakes in the country, so that a single product can be shipped to all parts of North America. The institute at Glenolden, Pennsylvania, is the central one for the United States and Canada, but the snake farm in Brazil produces the largest amount of the serum...