SNAKE-BITE 
HOW A RATTLESNAKE BITES 
RESTING COIL 
CRAWLING POSITION 
STRIKING COIL 
FANGS ADVANCED 
FOLDED FOR ACTION 
STRIKING 
MODEL HEAD. WITH SKIN REMOVED. 
SHOWING RIGHT POISON GLAND AND 
DUCT LEADING TO ONE OF THE TWO 
HYPODERMIC NEEDLE-LIKE FANGS. 
SNAKE-BITE TREATMENT 
SNAKE-BITE SUCTION OUTFIT 
1. TOURNIQUET 3. RAZOR BLADE 5. LARGE APPLICATOR 
2. ANTISEPTIC 4 . SMALL APPLICATOR AND SUCTION BULB 
PREPARATION OF WOUND FOR 
TREATMENT 
PHOTOS BY L.M KLAUBER: AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY . SHARP AND DOHME: RALPH DE SOLA. FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT 
REMOVING POISON WITH SUCTION BULB PRIOR TO 
ANTIVENIN INJECTION 
