The question is whether it is an advisable procedure, even in an improvisational setting.
Itīs not a good idea especially in an improvised setting. Itīs an even worse idea if you could reach a doctor within a couple of hours.
Done right it may increase the risk of infection. Not done right it may impede healing by itself. Either way if the wound needed sutures, the doctor wont do it after the superglue treatment.
Many of the successful applications I heard didnīt need closing the wound in the first place.
Technical grade superglue may also contain toxic traces and iritate the tissue.
By the same token, whiskey has been consumed for snakebite. The victim survived, but that doesn't mean that "booze for bites" is a good idea....Very likely, survival occurred in spite of the treatment, not because of it.
Probably it was an experienced snake which saved the venom for something meal-sized. In that case treatment for the venom might not have been neccessary anyway.
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