Thanks Mike; hope I split it evenly enough. > > I was subscribing to Outdoor Life when this article came out in 1988. > > > > aepei...@fuse.net > > edkas...@pacbell.net > > http://www.xmission.com/~gastown/herpmed/shock.htm > > http://www.industryinet.com/~ruby/snakebitecure.html > > > > > > A SHOCK CURE > > for Snakebite > > The first part of the article tells several stories of cases where high > > voltage DC was used to treat snakebites. In the first case, Dr. Daryl > > Neans, a veterinarian of Pflugerville, Texas, tells the story of a > > rancher who brought in a dog that was bitten on the face by a > > rattlesnake 30 minutes earlier. The dog's face had started swelling and > > because Dr. Neans had previously read an OUTDOOR LIFE article about the > > treatment, he connected a wire to one of the spark plug wires of his > > truck then grounded another one to the frame and used the two wires to > > shock the "dog's face half a dozen times around the bites." The > > treatment seemed to relieve the dog's pain, but "for insurance, Dr. > > Neans had followed the shock treatment with the usual cortisone, > > antibiotics, and tetanus antitoxin, but he's convinced that the shock > > had already effected the cure." The article explains why Dr. Neans > > believes in the cure: "Body tissue is negatively charged, snake venom is > > slightly positive, and unlike charges attract. If ionization of the > > venom molecules is altered by electrical shock, he reasoned, perhaps > > they can't attach themselves to animal tissue and destroy it." Dr. > > Markus Kryger had read about the treatment in a medical journal when he > > opted to use it on courthouse employee in southwestern Missouri who was > > bitten by a copperhead just outside the courthouse. He used jumper > > cables attached to the spark coil of his car to treat the wound after > > giving the woman a tetanus shot and disinfecting the bite. "Within the > > hour, the puzzled patient was back at work." Dr. Kryger became convinced > > that electrical shock could deactivate snake venom because of the > > chemistry of the poison. Besides proteins and enzymes, venom contains > > copper and other trace metals whose electrical properties could be > > easily upset by high-voltage shock, thereby possibly uncoupling what > > makes the venom work. Dr. Ronald Guderian is a missionary doctor from > > Seattle who is given credit for being the first to use high voltage DC > > to treat snakebite. He has "successfully treated more than 60 cases in > > the Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador." Based on Dr. Guderian's experience > > it seems that if the treatment is received within 15 to 20 minutes after > > the bite has been inflicted then the pain stops almost immediately and > > no swelling will occur. If swelling has already started, then it stops > > and the pain soon subsides. Dr. Guderian typically uses a Nova > > Technologies stun gun with one of the electrodes modified so that the > > current can be passed directly through the limb by placing an electrode > > on each side. "All of the successful treatments have been performed with > > 20,000 to 25,000 volts or more." It has to be DC voltage, too. The > > article expresses a concern that someone with a pacemaker might be > > killed if they were shocked with the voltage from an ignition system. > > The frequency and duration of the pulses of an ignition system, it is > > feared, might scramble a pacemaker. "The only medically tested shocking > > device that is safe for almost all people, including those with heart > > pacemakers, is the Stun Gun, made by Nova Technologies (2207 Braker > > Lane, Austin, TX 78758, 512-832-5591)." "NO ONE HAS EVER USED ELECTRIC > > SHOCK TO TREAT SNAKEBITE INFLICTED BY SNAKES WHOSE VENOM ATTACKS THE > > NERVOUS SYSTEM." (ex. cobra) "The only venomous snake of this kind in > > the United States is the coral snake." The article warns that the high > > voltage DC shock would not be effective against the neurotoxins in the > > venom of snakes such as the cobra and coral snakes. Dr. Guderian's > > success has been with using the Stun Gun made by Nova Technologies. The > > FDA won't let Nova advertise the stun gun as a treatment against > > snakebite until further testing has been achieved. There has been some > > trouble with reproducing the effect of the treatment in the laboratory. > > It has been proposed that the reason that the treatment has not worked > > in the laboratory is because those who were doing the testing were using > > one of the many imitation stun guns imported to the US from Taiwan or > > South Korea. Another factor in why the treatment does not work in the > > laboratory is that, in the laboratory, it is tested on small animals. In > > the words of Dr. Guderian, "Think about it. Snake venom evolved for the > > purpose of quickly killing prey. Humans are not snake prey: we just get > > in the way some times. There may be biological differences causing small > > animals to be more susceptible than humans to venom. Or it may just be a > > matter of our much larger size. ....When a small animal is snakebitten, > > all of it's biological systems shut down so fast that nothing can be > > done to stop it. When a human is bitten, he has a local reaction, > > followed by pain, swelling, and possible death perhaps 24 hours later." > > The Japanese have reported to Dr. Guderian "that his shock treatment > > works on people bitten by their venomous snakes." He has also received > > letters telling of success stories in Peru, Columbia, Argentina, New > > Guinea and Africa. As an explanation for why the treatment works, the > > article cites a Texas chemist who suspects that electro-phoresis is > > taking place. In electro-phoresis, a high DC voltage is applied to a > > substance to dissociate the compounds in that substance. "Snake venom is > > a complex combination of proteins, enzymes (which are proteins with > > biological activity) and metal ions.... The positively charged proteins > > travel toward the negative terminal, and the negatively charged proteins > > migrate toward the positive connection.... The chemist suggested that > > high-voltage shock would cause enough separation to render the venom > > inactive." This second part of the article opens by describing the > > experience of Jim Scroggins, vice-president of Nova Technologies, when > > he took a trip to Ecuador for the purpose of verifying the incredible > > claims being made by Dr. Ronald Guderian in regards to the ability of > > the Nova Stun Gun to treat snakebite.
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