Stobbeiz, R. 1963 156 Asian Trip Bangkok Feb. 1 Visited the Pasteur Institute under the guidance of Dr. Kloon. Took movies of king cobra, cobra and stills of them and the banded krait. Obtained a brochure on the Institute so will not repeat brochure information here. The official name of the Institute is Queen Sirivaba Memorial Institute. Met the assistant director Dr. Sriprapi Phong-Aksara who helped show us around. The snake handler was quite free in his handling of the cobras. Apparently they rarely bite. He picked up some 10-12 kraits in one handful. These snakes are banded with dark brown and yellow. There are some 200 deaths per year caused by venomous snake bite. There have as yet been recorded no king cobra bites. The Institute prepares a specific anti- venin from 5 venomous snakes of Thailand- cobra (Naja naja), king cobra, Russell's vipre (producing hissing sound), Malayan pit-viper (Ancistrodon rhodostoma) and banded krait (Biter core). Dried venom keeps indefinitely. Venom extracted into watch glass - vacuum- dried or desiccated in chamber with calcium chloride, mixed with normal saline and injected into horses in