VIPERS’ VENOM
SAVES HAEMOPHILIA PATIENT I DANGEROUS BLEEDING J (By Air Mail—Sueeial Coilosrcurlentl ! LONDON, 29th October. j Vipers’ venom, which may cause the j death of ordinary persons, this week saved the life of a man who was choking to death. He is Walter Woodbine, 41, of Sheffield, Yorkshire, said to be a descendant of Fletcher Christian, the leader of the Bounty mutineers. Mr Woodbine, suffers from haemophilia, a condition of the blood which prevents it from clotting and which renders its victims liable to bleed to death should they cut themselves. When Mr Woodbine bit his tongue in j falling from a ladder, bleeding inside the ’ tongue caused it to swell to many times I its normal size and block the air passage, j He was taken to the hospital where the j “viper venom” was applied by means oi j a swab to his tongue. The bleeding stopped and the swelling diminished. The venom causes blood to clot and on account of this property is beneficial to sufferers from haemophilia.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 24 November 1938, Page 5
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172VIPERS’ VENOM Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 24 November 1938, Page 5
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