🚀 go-pugleaf

Daniel Veditz <dveditz@netscape.com> writes:

>Richard A. De Castro wrote:
>> The vast majority of injuries related to snakebites in the US are
>> caused by overeager application of various snakebite remedies, the worst
>> of these being the discredited "cut and suck" method that is so
>> popular with the folks who carry those Cutter's Snake Bite Kits.

>My grandfather nearly died as a teen when his older brother hit an
>artery in his wrist when attempting the "cut 'n suck".  Not recommended.

That's the problem.  Too many people watch some old western movie and
think they're qualified to mutilate with a knife, without the
benefit of a medical degree.


>-Dan Veditz
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