| hugh alistair reid obe md: investigation and treatment of snake bite. | alistair reid was an outstanding clinician, epidemiologist and scientist. at the penang general hospital, malaya, his careful observation of sea snake poisoning revealed that sea snake venoms were myotoxic in man leading to generalized rhabdomyolysis, and were not neurotoxic as observed in animals. in 1961, reid founded and became the first honorary director of the penang institute of snake and venom research. effective treatment of sea snake poisoning required specific antivenom which was produ ... | 1998 | 9637363 |