Specific snake antivenoms
Sueros antiofídicos específicos
- Date
- 1901 · confidence high
- Place
- Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
- Credited to
- Vital Brazil
- People
- 👤 Vital Brazil1865–1950
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Vital Brazil showed that each genus of snake requires its own antivenom and produced specific antivenoms for Bothrops and Crotalus. It drastically reduced mortality from snakebite in rural areas.
Calmette (Lille) had produced an antivenom against cobra bites in 1894, which Vital Brazil showed was ineffective against American species.
What it led to
- the Butantan Institute as a producer of antivenoms and vaccines
- polyvalent antivenoms