Stock image: A snake biting a man's finger. iStock / Getty Images Plus Snake envenomation, which was added to the World Health Organization's list of neglected tropical diseases in 2017, causes ...

Around 110,000 people die from snakebite every year, according to the World Health Organization. Making antivenom is expensive and difficult.

Friede would give himself 24 injections over four months before he was ready to take the venom straight from the snake’s mouth. “You have to start with small dilutions and build your way up to ...

He started by injecting himself with small doses of snake venom and then slowly increased the amount to try to build up tolerance. He would then let snakes bite him.

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