Mr Beighton says that deaths from snakebite are singularly common in the subdivision. |
As a medicinal herb, lilies were said to treat burns, snakebite and even leprosy. |
Equine-derived antivenin to snake venom has been the mainstay of hospital treatment for venomous snakebite for 35 years. |
This includes many populous areas, and dugites are a relatively frequent cause of snakebite in this area. |
Thanks to the widespread availability of effective antivenins, snakebite fatalities in Australia have become rare in recent decades. |
But he himself had no idea of dying of hunger, fever, or snakebite in this impenetrable wilderness. |