x100 means simply times one hundred eg: 2x100=200
The medical literature is full of experimental and controversial therapies for the BR spider bite. It is generally agreed that uncomplicated localized cutaneous arachnidism only requires conservative management, consisting of good wound care. Experimental trials with local electric shock therapy can even be found in the literature.
Clinically, the diagnosis of a BR spider bite if usually presumptive and retrospective since the spider is rarely recovered intact. Fortunately, the venom of the Loxosceles reclusa usually causes a trivial and painless lesion, which heals spontaneously with meticulous wound hygiene. But progression of the minimal lesion to a deep, painful, necrotic ulcer requiring surgery is not uncommon. The scientific literature is filled with experimental therapeutic modalities for treating Loxosceles envenomation. Most such experiment trials are animal-models and have yielded conflicting and controversial results
(Massachusetts Toxicology Review, apologies if spelt masachusets wrong lol)
The effect of an electrical current on snake venom toxicity
under controlled conditions...
An electric current (twenty 11 A, 7000 V spikes s^(-1) for 90 s) from a commercial stun gun was applied directly to a rattlesnake venom solution in an electrolysis cell with 2 electrode compartments and a central compartment, in order to evaluate the effect that high voltage electroshock might have on the lethality of the venom. The venom was electroshocked for 18 times longer than recommended by stun gun manufacturers. There was no measurable inactivation of the venom using LD50 determinations in mice.
A venom sample was electrolyzed at a voltage lower than that from the stun gun, but with 4–5 times the total charge delivered from the stun gun. This inactivated the venom at the electrodes, but not within the central compartment, demonstrating that there was no direct effect of the electric field on the activity of the snake venom.
(Journal of Wilderness Medicine: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 48–53)
Test Conducted by the following>
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Department of Veterinary Science and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Of course what happens in a lab under controlled conditions is oftern a far cry from what occurs in real life and would like to see the results of the above test repeated using a live tissue sample rather than venom in solution. So I remain unconvinced as yet but receptive to new developments .