TABLE OF CONTENTS
[INTRODUCTION] 4 [PRECAUTIONS AT HOME] 5 [PROTECTION IN THE FIELD] 7 [RECOGNIZING THE POISONOUS KINDS] 8 [THE PIT VIPERS] 12 [THE COPPERHEADS] 13 [Southern] 14 [Northern] 16 [Broadbanded] 18 [Trans-Pecos] 20 [THE COTTONMOUTH] 22 [Western Cottonmouth] 22 [THE RATTLESNAKES] 25 [Western Massasauga] 26 [Western Pigmy] 28 [Western Diamondback] 30 [Timber] 34 [Canebrake] 36 [Banded Rock] 38 [Mottled Rock] 40 [Blacktailed] 42 [Mojave] 44 [Prairie] 46 [THE ELAPID SNAKES] 48 [Texas Coral] 48 [VENOMS] 52 [DIAGNOSING THE BITE] 53 [SEVERITY OF THE BITE] 54 [FIRST AID TREATMENT] 55 [SUGGESTIONS TO PHYSICIANS] 57 [BIBLIOGRAPHY] 61 [FILMS] 62