Abstract
Seven years after cobra antivenin was originally made by Caknette in 1895, investigations aiming at producing antivenin against the venom of Habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis: see Fig. 6) were started in 1902 by Dr. Kitajima at the Institute for Infectious Diseases, established by Dr. S. Kitasato, Father of Bacteriology in Japan. In the same year, a branch laboratory was built at Naze, Amami Island to supply Habu venom. On 16 May 1905, Dr. Kitajima travelled to Amami to test the antivenm that he had produced for effectiveness. He reported that the fatality rate from the bites of Habu on the Amami Island was reduced to one-third by the application of antivenm.
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Sawai, Y. et al. (1976). Epidemiological Study of Habu Bites on the Amami and Okinawa Islands of Japan. In: Ohsaka, A., Hayashi, K., Sawai, Y., Murata, R., Funatsu, M., Tamiya, N. (eds) Animal, Plant, and Microbial Toxins. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0889-8_38
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