ALLERGY TO ANTIVENINE SERUM

Abstract

ONLY a few reports have appeared in the literature of the ocular complications of snake-bite. Jaksch (1897) reported amaurosis, Oettingen (1952) blindness with ocular paralysis, Davenport and Budden (1953) bilateral secondary optic atrophy, and Friedmann (1956) bilateral optic neuritis as a result of severe haemorrhages which followed snake-bite. The following case is described as a warning against the indiscriminate use of Antivenine serum after a bite from a non-poisonous snake.