Poisonous Snakes of Texas and First Aid Treatment of Their Bites
by John E. Werler
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About this eBook
- Author
- Werler, John E.
- Title
- Poisonous Snakes of Texas and First Aid Treatment of Their Bites Bulletin No. 31
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QL: Science: Zoology
- Subject
- Snakes -- Texas
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 56021
- Release Date
- November 21, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.POISONOUS SNAKES OF TEXAS AND FIRST AID TREATMENT OF THEIR BITES
- 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 3.INTRODUCTION — POISONOUS SNAKES OF TEXAS AND FIRST AID TREATMENT OF THEIR BITES
- 4.PRECAUTIONS AT HOME
- 5.PROTECTION IN THE FIELD
- 6.RECOGNIZING THE POISONOUS KINDS
- 7.THE PIT VIPERS
- 8.THE COPPERHEADS — SOUTHERN COPPERHEAD Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix — NORTHERN COPPERHEAD Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen — BROADBANDED COPPERHEAD Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus — TRANS-PECOS COPPERHEAD Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster
- 9.THE COTTONMOUTH — WESTERN COTTONMOUTH Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma
- 10.THE RATTLESNAKES — WESTERN MASSASAUGA Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus — WESTERN PIGMY RATTLESNAKE Sistrurus miliarius streckeri — WESTERN DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE Crotalus atrox — TIMBER RATTLESNAKE Crotalus horridus horridus — CANEBRAKE RATTLESNAKE Crotalus horridus atricaudatus — BANDED ROCK RATTLESNAKE Crotalus lepidus lepidus — MOTTLED ROCK RATTLESNAKE Crotalus lepidus klauberi — BLACKTAILED RATTLESNAKE Crotalus molossus molossus — MOJAVE RATTLESNAKE Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus — PRAIRIE RATTLESNAKE Crotalus viridis viridis
- 11.THE ELAPID SNAKES — TEXAS CORAL SNAKE Micrurus fulvius tenere
- 12.VENOMS
- 13.DIAGNOSING THE BITE
- 14.SEVERITY OF THE BITE
- 15.FIRST AID TREATMENT
- 16.SUGGESTIONS TO PHYSICIANS — Statement on Hospital Care Following Bites by Venomous Snakes December 14, 1960
- 17.BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 18.FILMS
- 19.Transcriber’s Notes
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