The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-11-24
POISONOUS sT1NGs AND BITES.
Danger Not So Great as Many Persons
Tink.

Danger Not So Great as Many Persons
Tink.
The dangers to human life from
the bites and stings of poisonous rep.
tiles found in the Southwest are YER,
much overestinlated. 1t is belief
among many people that the centipede
the tarantula the ella monster, the
scorpion and score of other reptiles
and insects of various long scientific
names are sure death to those who
encounter them. The facts are about
the only really dangerous things that
Arizona has are the rattlesnake and
the hydrophobia skunk. The former
IS common to almost the entire United
States, outside of the cities, and the
skunk Is found in many countries be-
sides Arazonia.
The ella monster is automatically
credited with quite a number of vic
inns, but 1t is not a very dangerous
animal, for the reason that it seldom
bites anybody unless 1t is captured
and leased until it is made to bite in
self-defence, and then in mary cases
the victim suffers but slightly if the
wound is properly cared forl The tar
antula is said to be sure death, but
who ever heard of q tar/ntula biting
anybody There may be Occasional in
stances, but there IS none on record
IN these parts
Inc sting Of the scorpion is SO COM
Fmon as to excite no comment unless
the victim be an infant and the in
sect gets under the clothes and stings
him repeatedly In that case death has
been known to ensue in various instan-
ces that might be referred to-. But
there have probably been hundreds Of
people stung by scorpions in this
country this year, and in few cases
has the wound been as Serious as a
been sting, and in no case has it been
fatal 50 far as can be ascertained, no
mature person in these parts ever
died from the sting of a scorpion,
though, in few cases where the
wound penetrated a large blood vessel
the patient has suffered intensely.
The sting of the centlpede is rare
and probably not dozen cases have
occurred in these parts in as many
years, and it is not of record here that
anybody ever died from centlpede's
sting. The usual result is tie making
Of a bad wound, followed sometimes
by a Slaughter Of the adjacent flesh
and probably, if neglected, blood poi
son might ensue But the wound could
scarcely prove fatal If given attention,
Judging by the observation Of the in.
cidents Of the past. A case Of cent?
pede stinging is recorded by the
Florence Blade as follows:
James Davis CT Kelvin came down
week ago Friday for medical treat
ment, having been bitten by a cent?
pede the evening before. He had gone
to bed and some time in the early
part of the evening the centipede had
taken a notion 10 become James's
| bedfellow for the night, but James
got to rough and the centlpede tack
led him for revenge He was in a sort
of stupor for time following the
bite, having no power to use his
limbs but it lasted only short time
and he got up and applied ammonia.
This was all he did until he arrived
here.
"The doctor bled the wound and APP
piled medicines and Mr., Davis was
allowed to return the same day. This
skaters the theory that a centipede
injects deadly poison into the person
iii stings Mr. Davis would not take
whiskey- which is supposed to be good
in such cases The centipede was a
large one, being about eight inches
long. From the Arizona Republican,