Studies with Cooling Measures Following Injection of Crotalus Venom

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“…The short-term use of ice to al¬ leviate pain and produce noncyclic vasoconstriction in an envenomated extremity has been discussed from both the experimental and clinical standpoint,2'5 7 In our series of 43 poisonings by C v viridis, C v helleri, C v oreganus, and C v lutosus, nine patients displayed few or no signs or symp¬ toms of envenomation. Most of these patients were bitten by small specimens.…”