Solutions or mixtures of toxic and nontoxic substances elaborated by snake (Ophidia) salivary glands (Duvernoy's gland) for the purpose of killing prey or disabling predators and delivered by grooved or hollow fangs. They usually contain enzymes, toxins, and other factors.
    

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Saint Luis Beltrán. Oil painting after F. Zurbarán.

Ricerche fisiche sopra il veleno della vipera / di Felice Fontana.

A medicine vendor selling antidotes to snake poison. Etching by G.M. Mitelli.

Giftschlangen und Schlangengift / von H. Hediger.

Snake venoms : their physiological action and antidote / by George Lamb.

Fitzsimons's Anti-Venomous Serum : directions for use and general information / F.W. Fitzsimons, F.Z.S., F.R.M.S., etc. (Director of the Port Elizabeth Museum).

On the nature of snake-poison / [Sir Joseph Fayrer].

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Giftschlangen und Schlangengift / von H. Hediger.

Snake venoms : their physiological action and antidote / by George Lamb.

Fitzsimons's Anti-Venomous Serum : directions for use and general information / F.W. Fitzsimons, F.Z.S., F.R.M.S., etc. (Director of the Port Elizabeth Museum).

Ricerche fisiche sopra il veleno della vipera / di Felice Fontana.

On the nature of snake-poison / [Sir Joseph Fayrer].