Snake Venoms and Envenomations.Snake Venoms and Envenomations Jean-Philippe Chippaux Krieger Publishing Company PO Box 9542, Melbourne, FL 32902-9542 1575242729 $58.50 www.krieger-publishing.com 321-724-9542 Written by scientist and snake venom expert Jean-Philippe Chippaux, Snake Venoms and Envenomations is an advanced scientific reference and resource concerning snake venoms, written especially for students, medical experts and field professionals. Chapters cover the zoology zoology, branch of biology concerned with the study of animal life. From earliest times animals have been vitally important to man; cave art demonstrates the practical and mystical significance animals held for prehistoric man. of snakes, venom toxicology, antidotes and immunotherapy for treating venoms, and the treatment and prevention of envenomations from first aid to advanced medical therapies. Snakebite snakebite, wound inflicted by the teeth of a snake. The bite of a nonvenomous snake is rarely serious. Venomous snakes have fangs, hollow teeth through which poison is injected into a victim. is a very real public health problem, especially in specific tropical countries, yet snake venom is also a valuable biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. substance. Snake Venoms and Envenomations provides an explicit reference See explicit link. of biochemistry, toxicology, and serpentine serpentine (sûr`pəntēn, –tīn), hydrous silicate of magnesium. It occurs in crystalline form only as a pseudomorph having the form of some other mineral and is generally found in the form of chrysotile (silky fibers) and behavior and is a stand-out compilation of expertise in its field. |
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