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CRC Handbook of Clinical Toxicology of Animal Venoms and Poisons

Editors Dr. Jurg Meier (Basel) and Dr. Julian White (Adelaide)

Published in 1995 by CRC Press Inc, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

In the (admitedly biased) view of the site manager, this is the most comprehensive, indeed only English language textbook on clinical toxinology from a global perspective, largely written by clinicians with experience treating envenoming, for the benefit of clinicians.

Table of Contents:


Chapter 1

VENOMOUS AND POISONOUS ANIMALS - A BIOLOGIST'S VIEW - page 1.

Jurg Meier

 

Chapter 2

POISONOUS AND VENOMOUS ANIMALS - THE PHYSICIAN'S VIEW - page 9.

Julian White

 

Chapter 3

BIOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF POISONOUS MARINE ANIMALS - page 27.

Dietrich Mebs

 

Chapter 4

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF SHELLFISH POISONING - page 33.

David Smart

 

Chapter 5

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF CIGUATERA POISONING - page 59.

Philippe Glaziou, Mireille Chinain and Anne-Marie Legrand

 

Chapter 6

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF FUGU POISONING - page 75.

Nobuo Kaku and Jurg Meier

 

Chapter 7

BIOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF VENOMOUS MARINE ANIMALS - page 85.

Dietrich Mebs

 

Chapter 8

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF MARINE COELENTERATE INJURIES - page 89.

John Williamson and Joseph Burnett

 

Chapter 9

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF Conus SNAIL STINGS - page 117.

Lourdes J. Cruz and Julian White

 

Chapter 10

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF SEA URCHIN AND STARFISH INJURIES - page 129.

Dietrich Mebs

 

Chapter 11

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF VENOMOUS STINGRAY INJURIES - page 135.

Jürg Meier and Chris Acott

 

Chapter 12

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF VENOMOUS SCORPAENIDAE AND OTHER SELECTED FISH STINGS - page 141.

John Williamson

Chapter 13

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF SEA SNAKE BITES - page 159.

Julian White

 

Chapter 14

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF BLUE RINGED OCTOPUS BITES - page 171.

Julian White

 

Chapter 15

BIOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF TICKS OF MEDICAL IMPORTANCE - page 177.

André Aeschlimann and Thierry A. Freyvogel

 

Chapter 16

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF TICK BITES - page 191.

Julian White

 

Chapter 17

BIOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF SCORPIONS OF MEDICAL IMPORTANCE - page 205.

Sylvia M. Lucas and Jürg Meier

 

Chapter 18

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF SCORPION STINGS - page 221.

Manuel Dehesa-Davila, Alejandro C. Alagon and Lourival D. Possani

 

Chapter 19

BIOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF SPIDERS OF MEDICAL IMPORTANCE - page 239.

Sylvia M. Lucas and Jürg Meier

 

Chapter 20

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF SPIDER BITES - page 259.

Julian White, J.L. Cardoso and Hui Wen Fan

 

Chapter 21

BIOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF HYMENOPTERANS OF MEDICAL IMPORTANCE, THEIR VENOM APPARATUS AND VENOM COMPOSITION - page 331.

Jürg Meier

 

Chapter 22

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF HYMENOPTERAN STINGS - page 349.

Holger Mosbech

 

Chapter 23

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF HELODERMATIDAE LIZARD BITES - page 361.

Dietrich Mebs

 

Chapter 24

BIOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF VENOMOUS SNAKES OF MEDICAL IMPORTANCE AND THE COMPOSITION OF SNAKE VENOMS - page 367.

Jürg Meier and Kurt F. Stocker

 

Chapter 25

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF SNAKE BITE IN EUROPE - page 413.

Hans Persson

 

Chapter 26

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF SNAKEBITE IN AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST / ARABIAN PENINSULA - page 433.

David A. Warrell

 

Chapter 27

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF SNAKE BITE IN ASIA - page 493.

David A. Warrell

 

Chapter 28

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF SNAKEBITE IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA - page 595.

Julian White

 

Chapter 29

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF SNAKEBITE IN NORTH AMERICA - page 619.

Hernan F. Gomez and Richard C. Dart

 

Chapter 30

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF SNAKEBITE IN CENTRAL AMERICA - page 645.

José María Gutiérrez

 

Chapter 31

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF SNAKE BITES IN SOUTH AMERICA - page 667.

Hui Wen Fan and J.L. Cardoso

 

Chapter 32

COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ANTIVENOMS ("HYPERIMMUNE SERA", "ANTIVENINS", "ANTISERA") AND ANTIVENOM THERAPY - page 689.

Jürg Meier

 

Index - page 723.

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