Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia. Snake venomics from a 26-year old polyacrylamide focusing gel

► Are formalin fixed, paraffin embedded specimens resurrected intact or badly maimed? ► Resurrection of toxins from ancient gels gives uncorrupted bodies, and may be souls. ► Proteins isolated in the pre-MS era can now be given citizenship and an identity. ► Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot would have enjoyed these protocols and tools.