Took a brief visit to the Wikidot. Looks nicely done and shows the drawings I have seen--I guess from the scientific articles Macgyver kindly sent to me way back when when this subject originally came up.

High voltage DC and snake bites...sounds crazy, and although I'm always a skeptic in general, there's just enough evidence to say that it just might have merit. Unfortunately, I don't really see anything new on this site to change my mind, unless I tried reading some more of the actual articles referenced, but I think I've read the main ones already.

I hope more research can be done in this area. Sounds promising, however it's always very hard to do definitive human research on subjects where lethal compounds are involved. There just aren't enough "accidental" bites geographically close enough to a researcher, plus, witholding something like antivenin, when one exists, would be unethical. Unfortunately, trying HVDC + antivenin then makes skeptics say that positive outcomes were due to the antivenin. Can't win either way, unfortunately.

Macgyver, have you heard of anyone trying HVDC with other types of venomous creatures, like jellyfish? After watching a TV show about the lethal and excruciating pain of the sting of the tiny Irukandji jellyfish, anything that can help would be a great boon.


Edited by Arney (02/06/07 01:29 AM)