Publications
| sir joseph fayrer md frs (1824-1907) indian medical service: snakebite and mortality in british india. | whilst professor of surgery at the calcutta medical college, dr fayrer studied all aspects of snake poisoning. his work, the thanatophidia of india being a description of the venomous snakes of the indian peninsula, with an account of the influence of their poison of life; and a series of experiments was published in 1872. collating information from official government records of death due to snakebite, fayrer recorded a mortality of 11,416 persons for the year 1869 in the presidency of bengal a ... | 1996 | 8711752 |
| the composition of naja naja venom samples from three districts of west bengal, india. | the variation in the composition of naja naja venoms from three neighbouring districts of west bengal, eastern india and the corresponding differences in the severity of pathogenesis due to venom composition variation are reported. these venom samples differ with respect to chromatographic elution profile and enzyme activity associated with each fraction. presence of higher quantities of basic phospholipase and plasma protein hydrolase in the venom samples of burdwan and purulia make them more t ... | 1998 | 11249011 |