SNAKE VENOM.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19945, 23 July 1936, Page 12

SNAKE VENOM.

USE AS MEDICINE. REMAHKABLE PROGRESS. Among many rmnarlmble advance—ments \\'lllt‘h modirinu and surgery have seen tllll‘lll‘fl,‘ thL‘ lust ft'\\' dwudes, none are inure. astonishing—w than those ussou‘tatod \\'ith snnlm \'cnnm, saws E. G. isnulcngor, in Hm London “oh—‘sorvurf‘ Sim-c thr, dawn nt‘ mun, scr—pents, \'cnmnmts unit ulhrru‘isr, have been regarded with nothing but mer—sion and dread. Recently. however. medical men have realised that snake venom may be converted into an anti-toxin \\'heru—ln' some of tilt: \\'urltl's must deadly reptiles 'hmc born 111-ltic thu instru—ments of hmling us “011 as death. During the past yenr the coagulant properties of snake \enom. which usually~ load to the Victim's dcmisc, have been more closely lm‘estitmted and their potentialities utilised in com—l hating that most baffling 01' ailments *llaelllophlllll. In tht»: autumn of last year Dr. Bur—gess Barnett, the (Jnrtttur nt‘ linptilt-a at, the London [my :md litz 11. I‘., Man. lm‘lnnw. nt‘ fill lL’ll'lllulnlm-\\'s llnngli lul. livttttt' llnlmn lltt-tr initial .\liv't'v»: 11l |l||~. nu“ Il~u l'ur .\lmlw \l'lltHll :mt] ill-til) stnulti)‘ Ill'ttfll't‘>\ is lit-in}: mnl I nut only in Ihh thl'm-liun. lull lmlwsl :irt' t|u\\ ('lHl'l'lJilll'tl l-lt‘ l‘u- lt‘t- I-l >||:tl\r \1'll"lll l‘.\|l'.|l'l\ in rllrin: nr :l: lvztat (Ilium; vermin nvrwns tll~A nrdviw. ~th .n rpiluh-y}. ,\~ in l'l'hllil.’ \rnn-Imvus mulw,‘ ‘II thn~ Lunduu [uni :ll‘t‘ t't‘gllltrl) " millu‘rl " t'ur Ilu' \l'u-Iml .\.u'rt-lrtl in lhvir [mlMln glam“ and Hi"; ‘ dumll} I‘uid runwrtvd inlu lllL‘vmflillH‘j ‘ zittti~lu.\iii>.