antivenin

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Nor should you use a tourniquet, as it keeps the venom concentrated in one spot and makes it more difficult for the antivenin to do its job.

From Golf Digest • May 3, 2018

He once successfully administered antivenin to a skinner who had been bitten by a snake, he wrote in a column for Sports Afield, and soldered a leaking radiator on a baggage truck.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2018

But after a course of antivenin, doctors released him the next day.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2017

Some people take extra precautions: Mr. Datta, who has seen snakes lurking around in the garden, says he keeps antivenin in the refrigerator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2013

Once a messenger on a bicycle came teetering up the jungle path bringing us twelve vials of antivenin, individually wrapped in tissue inside a woman’s jewelry box—an astounding treasure whose history we couldn’t guess.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver