Victims’ Response to Snakebite and Socio-epidemiological Factors of 1018 Snakebites in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka Abeysinghe M. Kularatne,

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Victims’ Response to Snakebite and Socio-epidemiological Factors of 1018 Snakebites in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka Abeysinghe M. Kularatne, MD, MRCP, FRCP, FCCP, Anjana Silva, MBBS, MPhil, Kalana Maduwage, MBBS, MPhil, Ishani Ratnayake, MBBS, Chmara Walathara, MBBS, Chanka Ratnayake, MBBS, Suresh Mendis, MBBS, MD, MRCP, Ranjith Parangama, MBBS, MD Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages 35-40 (March 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2013.10.009 Copyright © 2014 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Age distribution of the 1018 snake bite victims studied. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2014 25, 35-40DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2013.10.009) Copyright © 2014 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Leaves of the different plants used by the native medicine practitioners for snakebite treatment: (a) Plumbago indica; (b) Atalantia rotundifolia; (c) Glycosmis pentaphylla; (d) Moringa oleifera; (e) Litsea iteodaphne; and (f) Oroxylum indicum. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2014 25, 35-40DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2013.10.009) Copyright © 2014 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions