With the symptoms following the introduction of the subtle ophidian virus into the human and animal system so markedly pointing to strychnine as the antidote, it appears a matter of surprise that it was not used as such before and that it was left to the writer to discover the antagonism between the two poisons.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller
Zarathustra has entered the blood of the German people like a virus from a hypodermic needle.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
He was not, it appeared, wholly immune from the old virus.
"The Hidden Places"
Bertrand W. Sinclair