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On the Rendering of Animals Immune against the Venom of the Cobra and other Serpents; and on the Antidotal Properties of the Blood-Serum of the Immunized Animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

Thomas R. Fraser
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Extract

One of the most striking and interesting of the many traditions and current beliefs regarding venomous serpents is that a power may be acquired of freely handling them without injury, and even of successfully resisting the poisonous effects of their bites.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 20 , 1895 , pp. 448 - 464
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1895

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References

page 456 note * Diamantina venom, 1½ milligramme.

page 463 note * “After long and repeated observation in India, and subsequently in England, I am forced to the conclusion that all the remedies hitherto regarded as antidotes are absolutely without any specific effect on the condition produced by the poison.”—Sir Joseph Fayrer On the Nature of Snake Poison.