I used to carry a nifty little device called the “Snake Doctor” whenever walking in the bush in Uganda. It was a de-tuned stun gun and of proven worth against neurotoxic and hemotoxic snake bites, as well as spiders, scorpions, wasps, etc.
The FDC raided the little company making these “Snake Doctors”, confiscated all their inventory and shut them down for “selling a medical device without conducting FDA approved clinical trials.”
If the Federal (and State) bureaucrats had any sense or compassion, they would have hooked this litle company up with a medical university to expidiciously conduct trials and issue the FDA seal of approval.
Stories on that date back to 1990. First I heard of it.
http://www.teslatech.info/ttstore/report/articles/v1n1art/snake.htm
Why Does It Work?
The biological reason electroshock treatment neutralizes the incompatible alien proteins of snake venom remains unclear. Besides proteins, snake venom contains enzymes and trace elements that could easily be uncoupled or ionized by high-voltage electricity. In the British medical journal, The Lancet (Dec. 6, 1986), C. Kroege and K H. Meyer propose the theory that electricity may neutralize the snake venom by destroying the secondary and tertiary structures of enzymes by influencing their hydrogen bonds.
High voltage electricity may also reduce metal ions that are attached to harmful enzymes, thus making these enzymes no longer destructive. Also since body tissue is negatively charged and snake venom is positively charged, unlike charges attract. With the application of electricity, venom may become negatively charged, thus negating its magnetic attraction to body tissue.