Phys.org

'Super antibodies' for snake toxins: How a dangerous DIY experiment helped scientists make a new antivenom

Scientists in the United States have created a new snake antivenom using the blood of a man who deliberately built up immunity to snakebites by injecting himself with many different kinds of venom ...
CNN

‘It became a lifestyle’: Man describes injecting himself with snake venom

Tim Friede, a self-taught snake expert from California, injected himself with snake venom more than 650 times over the course of nearly two decades. Now, experts hope his experiments and blood can ...
Phys.org

Snakebites: We thought we'd created a winning new antivenom but then it flopped. Why that turned out to be a good thing

Snakebites kill over 100,000 people each year, and hundreds of thousands of survivors are left with long-term disabilities such as amputations. Africa, Asia and Latin America are the regions most ...
insider.si.edu

Snake bite and its antidote : experiments with Crotalus venom and reputed antidotes, with notes on the saliva of Heloderma ("Gila monster") / by H.C. Yarrow

Article published in parts, extracted from the following issues of Forest and stream, a weekly journal of the rod and gun: v. 30, no. 16, p. 307 (May 10, 1888); v. 30 ...