THERAPEUTIC EXPERIENCES WITH COBRA VENOM
Authors: David I. Macht
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 April 1938THERAPEUTIC EXPERIENCES WITH COBRA VENOMDAVID I. MACHT, M.D., Phar.D., Litt.D., F.A.C.P.DAVID I. MACHT, M.D., Phar.D., Litt.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-10-1824 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe materia medica of the ancients abounded in preparations taken from the animal world. Primitive physicians believed that the organs, secretions and excretions of all kinds of animals, including man, possessed mysterious medicinal virtues. Such animal preparations therefore figured largely in the materia medica not only of the Egyptian, Assyrian and Babylonian but also of the Greek and Latin periods and continued to flourish in the kakopharmacy of the Dark Ages. Even after the Renaissance, at the dawn of modern medicine, the old dispensatories and pharmacopoeias listed a surprisingly large number of "preparations" derived from the animal world. To...Bibliography1. MACHT DI: Therapeutic uses of snake venom, Med. Rec., 1936, cxliv, 537-539. Google Scholar2. MACHT DI: Experimental and clinical study of cobra venom as an analgesic, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 1936, xxii, 61-71. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MACHTBRYAN DIHF: Influence des venins de serpent sur le comportement du rat dans un labyrinthe circulaire, Compt. rend. Soc. de biol., 1935, cxix, 306-310. Google Scholar4. MACHT DI: Action du venin de cobra sur le seuil de la douleur chez l'homme et chez le cobaye, Compt. rend. Soc. de biol., 1935, cxx, 732-733. Google Scholar5. MACHTHERMANLEVY DINBCS: A quantitative study of the analgesia produced by opium alkaloids, individually and in combination with each other, in normal man, Jr. Pharmacol. and Exper. Therap., 1916, viii, 1-37. Google Scholar6. MACHT DI: The four dimensions of pharmacodynamics, Medical Review of Reviews, 1932, xxxviii, 585-606. Google Scholar7. MACHTBRYAN DIHF: Action comparée du venin de cobra et de la morphine sur les processus d'autoxydation du tissu cérébral et d'autres tissus, Compt. rend. Soc. de biol., 1936, cxxiii, 385-388. Google Scholar8. TAGUET C: La cure des algies et des tumeurs malignes, Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. de Paris, 1933, cxxxvii, 310. Le venin de cobra dans la cure des algies et des tumeurs, Bull. et mém. Soc. med. de Paris, 1933, cxxxvii, 651. Google Scholar9. MACHT DI: Comparative toxicity of some powerful drugs for the cat, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1936, xxxv, 316-318. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. KIRSCHEN M: Über das Kobratoxin und seine therapeutische Verwendung, Wien. klin. Wchnschr., 1936, xlix, 648-651. Google Scholar11. CICARDO VH: Modifications de l'excitabilité nerveuse par action du venin de cobra, Compt. rend. Soc. de biol., 1935, cxx, 732-733. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Maryland*Read before the annual meeting of the American Therapeutic Society in Atlantic City, N. J., June 4, 1937. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEarly demyelination of primary A-fibers induces a rapid-onset of neuropathic pain in ratHistopathological Changes in Fowls Bitten by the Spitting Snake Naja NigricollisAnimal Venoms in TherapyPharmacological Interactions of Cobra Venom and ThiamineControl of Pain In Cases of CancerQuantitative studies on pain threshold after adminisration of various drugsRecent Advances in Anesthesia in General PracticeCobra Venom for Intractable Pain 1 April 1938Volume 11, Issue 10Page: 1824-1833KeywordsExcretionVenoms Issue Published: 1 April 1938 PDF downloadLoading ...