Diapedesis is now supposed to be the result of blood pressure, but it occurs in snakebite, where blood pressure is at zero. |
The reaction to coral snakebite is usually delayed-sometimes up to several hours. |
Mr Beighton says that deaths from snakebite are singularly common in the subdivision. |
Thanks to the widespread availability of effective antivenins, snakebite fatalities in Australia have become rare in recent decades. |
I can also vaguely recall occasionally going to a club called Catacombs, but since I was off my face on snakebite and black, my memories are dim and distant. |
Equine-derived antivenin to snake venom has been the mainstay of hospital treatment for venomous snakebite for 35 years. |