Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 265-269, May 1960

Clinical observations on snakebite in Wukari, Nigeria

  • G.O. Onuaguluchi, B.SC., L.S.M., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

      Affiliations

    • I am grateful to Professor S. Alstead for reading the manuscript and for his helpful comments; to Dr. B. R. Hillis, Stobhill General Hospital, and the University, Glasgow, for his very useful criticism; to Dr. N. Leitch, Adviser, Ministry of Health, Northern Region, Nigeria, for permission to publish this paper.

Department of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, University of Glasgow UK

Abstract 

1.1) The clinical features in 20 cases of snakebite seen in the General Hospital, Wukari, are presented and discussed. There were three deaths, one from haematuria, one from circulatory collapse, and the other from ascending paralysis with respiratory failure.

2.2) The major problems in viperine bites are haematuria and circulatory collapse.

3.3) Antivenin treatment is of prime importance, and each country should prepare polyvalent or specific antivenin for the snakes in its own area.

4.4) The factors of importance in antivenin treatment are discussed.

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PII: 0035-9203(60)90073-0

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 265-269, May 1960

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