
Doctors must rush to save a man bitten by his pet snake, a Southern Pacific rattler whose poison rapidly destroys human flesh. Also, following the movements of rattlesnakes in the desert.

A middle-aged pedestrian with a heart condition is bitten on the leg by a rattlesnake; a boy who thinks he may have a snake bite is flown directly from the desert to a hospital emergency room; a man stung by bees has an allergic reaction.