The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-08

land, s. C., the symptoms were more
 serious, The patient was bitten upor the end of the middle finger and stated
 that the first paroxysm of pain wae
 about like that resulting from hornet
 or bee sting, but almost immediately { it grew ten times more painful and a
 feeling of weakness followed with
 vomiting. The pain was felt to shoot
 up the arm to the under jaw, and the
 sickness lasted for number of days. A 1 fourth case, at Fort Bliss, Tex, is in-
 teresting as having occurred in bed. The
 patient was bitten on the hand with very painful results and bad swelling" | Regarding the third species found in
 the East, Corsicus subcoleoptratus, MT. ! Howard is doubtful whether it rightful- ly belongs to the category of kiesing
 bugs. He was bitten by one in Green
 county, New York, which he interrupt
 ed in it's career but though the pain of the bite was sharp there was no ap-
 parent poison in it nor did the bitten hand swell.
 Rasahus biguttatus, the two-spottsd
 corsair, as it is commonly called in the
 Southern States where it is found, is
 well authenticated as the inflictor of a
 number of so-called kissing bug bites
 Linter says that this species is very
 fond of human blood but prefers to get
 1t secondhand, for which reason it
 preys upon bedbugs, like Reduvius per-
 eonatus, which 1t resembles in appear
 ance. Dr. Davidson, who has made
 study of the poisonous insects of Cali
 fornia, believes that almost all the
 eases of so-called spider bites in that
 State are produced by this creature He
 describes the symptoms following the
 bite as follows
 Next day the injured part shows a local cellulitis with central dark spot
 around this spot there frequently ap- pears a bulbous vesice about the size of ten-cent piece and filled with a dark grumoua fluid; small ulcer forms underneath the vescle, the necrotic area being generally limited to the central part, while the surrounding tissues are more or less swollen and somewhat painful. In a few days, with rest and proper care, the swelling subsidies, and in a week all traces of the cellulitis are usually gone. In some of the eases no vesicle forms at the point of injury, the formation probably depending on the vitality of the individual or the amount of poison introduced"
 The septic symptoms observed are ascribed by D. Davidson not to any epe- cific poison secreted by the insect but to fortuitous putrefactive germs adher- Ing to the knife-like proboscis. It is to note that mosquito and spider bites, and even the bite of the ordinary house fly, have been known to be followed by very serious symptoms and even by death due to poisoning from this cause. Rasahus thoracicus is | sound in Arizona and Mexico, and MT. 1 Howard has been. bitten by this species, with disagreeable effects.
 Of all the bloodthrsty insects found | n this nation the most ferocious and | he best feared is the blood sucking | 'one-nose. Conorhinus sanguisuga, | which is confined to the South and Vest and is well-known to the inhabit-
 nts of those parts of the country. 'here are several variations of this spe- ies, but they are all very closely allied. i The head of the insect is furnished | with sort of dagger. projecting out yard and downward from the head, yhich it plunges through the skin of ny living creature upon which it may nd itself preparatory to sucking it's food, for this insect is a bood-drinker t first hand and does not, like the 'asahus, murder and despoil the rob CT. In his notes upon the blood suck lg cone-noee Le Conte says:
 This insect inflicts a most alnful wound. It is remarkable also )r sucking the blood of mammals, par cularly of children. I have known it's ite followed by serious consequences, 1e patient not recovering from its ef- scts for nearly year. The many re- tions which we have of spider bites 'equently proving fatal have no doubt risen from the stings of these insects . others of the same genera. When the sease called spider bite is not an an- /, lrax or carbuncle, it is undoubtedly ,casioned by the bite of an insect. by ) means, however, of spider. Among oo le many species of Araneidae which v e have in the United States, I have sver seen one capable of inflicting the ightest wound" ! From the almost uniform symptoms y ,ted in cases of bite of this insect arlatt, who has investigated it, be- o 'ves that there is a specific poison ' r. Howard, however, maintains that
 ry serious results from the bite are ways caused by the introduction for itously of extraneous poison germs, s Id cites the observation of Lembert. d 10 has found the Conorhinus of the cific coast feeding upon carrion Prof. U lomey notes the case of woman in l izona, who after being bitten by q ne-nosed bloOd-sucker, broke out all h CT her body with red welts, although c' Q was bitten but once and then on si } shoulder. A friend of MT. Towards Id IS bitten on the lip, the spot supposed ~ be chiefly chosen by the kissing bug, .e d he reports burning pain, almost u olerable itching, and much swelling, M yS. His brother was bitten at the | ee ne time on the legs and arms, and his p' nptoms were the same. MT. Howard .i the Conorhinus has a h' ,cific poison of it's own, but merely Cd 1t its own poison cannot be held re- It 'nsible for such serious symptoms as Sd re observed in the case of the Arizona oi man. In conclusion the writer of the uf nphlet says: us More need hardly be said specifically ac cerning these biting buge. The va ter's conclusions are that the bite of Va any one of them may be, and fre- de 'ntly has been, mistaken for a spider ot