Bites by snakes. Bite by a venomous snake is characterized by stinging pain at the wound puncture. The venom injected at the site of the bite is capable of producing a deleterious effect on the blood or on the nervous system. (Webster's 3d ed; from Dorland, 27th ed, at snake, venomous)
    

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M0007306: Manuscript illustration of a physician meeting snakebite patients

Venom : fear, fascination and discovery : Medical History Museum, University of Melbourne  / edited by Jacqueline Healy and Kenneth D. Winkel.

Snake Bites

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M0007306: Manuscript illustration of a physician meeting snakebite patients

Venom : fear, fascination and discovery : Medical History Museum, University of Melbourne / edited by Jacqueline Healy and Kenneth D. Winkel.

M0007305: Manuscript illustration of a man catching a snake