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10 years ago
His friends immediately apply ice packs to the bitten area to slow the spread of the protein-based toxin; they then rush him to an emergency facility. What treatment would be given? How does the remedy work?
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10 years ago
Antivenin would be administered.  Antivenin is produced by injecting dilute amounts of the snake's venom into a large mammal (horse, e.g.), and extracting the resultant antibodies that were used to fight the venom.
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