Archive image from page 274 of American spiders and their spinning. American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits CUbiodiversity1121211-9742 Year: 1889 ( EFFECTS AND USES OP SPIDER POISON. 275 Lucas Denies very same spider. He states that he had studied the habits of Latrodec- tus in Algeria, where it is frequently found, and that he never observed that its bite was venomous, although he himself had been bitten several times without any bad effect. Can it be that the very state of m
Archive image from page 274 of American spiders and their spinning. American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits CUbiodiversity1121211-9742 Year: 1889 ( EFFECTS AND USES OP SPIDER POISON. 275 Lucas Denies very same spider. He states that he had studied the habits of Latrodec- tus in Algeria, where it is frequently found, and that he never observed that its bite was venomous, although he himself had been bitten several times without any bad effect. Can it be that the very state of mind in which the naturalist approaches the inquiry neutralizes the poison by nullifying the effects of an excited imagination? In the entomological journal known as ' Insect .Life,' issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, there is an excellent article giving the evidence for and against the possibility of a fatal bite from our common spiders. In this article two cases M'hich appear to be well New Zealand Katipo. authenticated are given of Latrodectus mactans, as One of them resulted fatal The symptoms of the of the victims were negroes. from Mr. F. W. ber of cases from one variety of and describes a practice, which, however. He considers tliat the symp himself make it evident fully affected by a narcot being absorbed into circu brain, and nervous system tent, almost amounting to was treated with spirits of fig. 252. Varied markings wound, and with ammonia ° ''= abdomen, the effects of the bite of found in North Carolina, ly, and the other seriously, bite are fully detailed. Both The same article quotes Wright, who gives a num- hearsay of fatal bites by spider in New Zealand, serious case in his own did not result in death, toms of the case treated by that the man was power- ic and acid poison, which lation affected the heart, to a very considerable ex- fatal syncope. The man ammonia, applied to the and water, afterward corn- men; h, underside or the
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