Antivenin Nearctic Crotalidae - North American Anti-Snake-Bite Serum
date: label: date made
content: ca 1929
name: label: maker
content: H. K. Mulford Company
notes: label: Description
content: Acquired by the Smithsonian in 1929 from the H. K. Mulford Company, this product was the first anti-venin in the U.S. to be manufactured specifically for use in cases of pit-viper bite. According to literature provided by the company, the product was effective against "the venoms of the rattlesnakes, copperhead and moccasin - snakes of the of the family Crotalidae in North America." The company specified that the dose should be "10 cc administered subcutaneously, as soon as possible after infliction of the bite, but necessarily between 12 and 24 hours."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Antibody Initiative: Antivenom
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of H. K. Mulford Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-02699
label: catalog number
content: M-02699
label: accession number
content: 107349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: serum therapy, antivenom
label: Object Name
content: biological
label: Other Terms
content: Neartic Crotalidae; Antivenin; Biologicals; Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 in; 11.43 cm x 5.08 cm