Herpetologist Karl P. Schmidt. In 1957 Schmidt was examining a snake that he initially hesitated to identify, he believed it was a Boomslang apart from one inconsistency: its anal plate was undivided, a trait not seen in Boomslangs. He was bitten and went

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Herpetologist Karl P. Schmidt. In 1957 Schmidt was examining a snake t…

Herpetologist Karl P. Schmidt. In 1957 Schmidt was examining a snake that he initially hesitated to identify, he believed it was a Boomslang apart from one inconsistency: its anal plate was undivided, a trait not seen in Boomslangs. He was bitten and went on to record his own death. (561x800)

Schmidt began recording his symptoms in his journal immediately after the bite. He chronicled each physiological change with the same detachment and precision he had applied to countless observations throughout his career.

His entries provide an astonishingly detailed record of a man observing his own death in real time.

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