VIPERS’ VENOM SAVES MAN’S LIFE
SEVERE SWELLING OF TONGUE REDUCED (Received October 26, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 25. The application of a preparation from the venom of deadly vipers to his tongue saved the life of a Sheffield man, Walter Woodbine, aged 41, who was choking to death after severe swelling of his tongue resulting from a fall from a ladder. The viper venom was applied by means of a swab. It stopped the bleeding and reduced the swelling. Woodbine is stated to be a descendant of tihe Bounty mutineer, Fletcher Christian.
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Southland Times, Issue 23650, 27 October 1938, Page 5
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