Australian Venom Research Unit

Listed by Barbara Cytowicz and Gavan McCarthy

Struan Keith Sutherland was head of the Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne 1994-1999. Before that he had spent 28 years conducting venom research at CSL and advising on patient management. He and his colleagues developed the lifesaving funnel-web spider antivenom, the pressure-immobilisation first-aid technique for snake bite and the first commercially viable snake venom detection kit. Sutherland was a prolific author, publishing over 300 scientific articles. His books included the standard medical textbook on envenomation, Australian Animal Toxins, the best selling Venomous Creatures of Australia and the autobiography, A Venomous Life. [Details]

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  • Series 1 - Personal - Biographical Material
  • Series 2 - Theses
  • Series 3 - Reference Materials
  • Series 4 - Publications - Reprints
  • Series 5 - General Correspondence - Subject Files
  • Series 6 - Slide Collection
  • Series 7 - Audio-visual Collection
  • Series 8 - Photograph Collection
  • Series 9 - Research Data
  • Series 10 - Specimens
  
  
  
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Published by the Australian Venom Research Unit, August 2005 Listed by Barbara Cytowicz and Gavan McCarthy HTML edition Updated 16 March 2006 http://www.avru.org/archives/suth/SUTH.htmSUTH.htm The template for this finding aid is part of the Heritage Documentation Management System

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