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27 lines
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Taken from American Survival Guide 12/1988
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Subscription address is:
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American Survival Guide
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Subscription Dept.
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McMullen Publishing
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P.O. Box 70015
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Anaheim, CA 92825-0015
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714-635-9040
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Can be downloaded as SNAKELEC.ZIP.
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Medical researchers in the U.S. and Britain are trying to figure out how
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and why a unique type of South American folk remedy against snakebite
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works.
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The treatment involves the application of low amperage-high voltage
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electric shock to the site of a snakebite. this type of shock is very
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similar to that produced by a stun gun. In South American jungles the
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shock is often produced by an automobile or motorcycle spark plug wire.
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In 34 documented cases people bitten by poisonous snakes were given a
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series of four to five electric shocks on the wound. All of the patients
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recovered within an hour of the treatment and were able to function
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normally. All of the pain from the bites was gone in 15 minutes. In
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follow up interviews, none of the patients showed tissue damage from the
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snake bites, or the shock treatment.
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