Venom
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...the opposite effect. The venoms of various snakes have been used medicinally, according to their specific properties, as painkillers (in arthritis, cancer, and leprosy), antispasmodics (in epilepsy and asthma), and blood coagulants (in hemophilia...