ABSTRACT
As with other sources of trauma, animal bites, stings, and envenomations typically occur in young active people. Initial management as well as definitive treatment for these injuries has been confused and disorganized in the past. The diversity of organisms which infect and complicate most animal bites has been understood for several decades. However, the complex biology involved in the molecular soup of numerous venoms is just now becoming understood in terms of both function and protein derivation.
