"Pit Viper Safety" and "Treating Minimal to Moderate North American Crotalid Snakebite with CroFab Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine)"
Object Details
- Description
- Two posters regarding snakebite and CroFab antivenom: "Pit Viper Safety" and "Treating Minimal to Moderate North American Crotalid Snakebite with CroFab Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine)." "Pit Viper Safety" depicts an illustration of a brown and black snake to the right of large yellow lettering. A larger snake illustration shows the identifiable physical features of pit vipers. Sections covers topics such as: What are pit vipers? What do they look like? Prevention, First Aid, and the Poison Help line phone number. "Treating Minimal to Moderate North American Crotalid Snakebite with CroFab Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine)" includes a large photograph of an open-mouthed viper, as well as a chart detailing the symptoms of and dosage for varying levels of envenomation.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of BTG International, Inc.
- Treat Minimal or Moderate North American Crotalid Snakebite with...
- 2009
- Pit Viper Safety
- 2007
- ID Number
- 2019.0172.05
- catalog number
- 2019.0172.05
- accession number
- 2019.0172
- Object Name
- advertising device
- product literature, antivenom
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall, pit viper safety: 17 in x 11 in; 43.18 cm x 27.94 cm
- overall, treating minimal...: 11 in x 17 in; 27.94 cm x 43.18 cm
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Antibody Initiative: Antivenom
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1969507
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-2570-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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