Came across the Youtube video
In 1957 at The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Dr. Karl P. Schmidt, famed snake expert and herpetologist, made a detailed scientific account of the effect of venom from a snake bite in the human body—his body. Schmidt made the record while he was dying. The newspapers called his notes a “death diary.”
Interesting that he thought the venom wouldn't be fatal. I'm kind of torn between immense respect for the guy, but wishing he had least gone to hospital to ease some of the symptoms.
In 1957 at The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Dr. Karl P. Schmidt, famed snake expert and herpetologist, made a detailed scientific account of the effect of venom from a snake bite in the human body—his body. Schmidt made the record while he was dying. The newspapers called his notes a “death diary.”
Interesting that he thought the venom wouldn't be fatal. I'm kind of torn between immense respect for the guy, but wishing he had least gone to hospital to ease some of the symptoms.
