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Summary
King snake serum, detoxicated by heating, and in doses well below toxic levels protected white mice against as high as 7 LD50's of moccasin venom injected intraperitoneally, when serum and venom were mixed in vitro or injected separately A protective action against rattlesnake venom was also demonstrated. Wyeth's polyvalent antivenin used by the same technic showed a definitely lower degree of neutralizing potency against both moccasin and rattlesnake venoms.
Dr. Mas Littman and Dr. Foster N. Martin, Jr., have contributed many useful suggestions and criticisms. Mr. Bennett Elisberg informed us of the technic of collecting blood from the tail of the snake. Some of the mice were contributed by Frank and Jimmy Pittari, Phyllis Warden and Joy Daray.
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