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LETS SCORPION
POISON HIM TO
FURTHER STUDY
ARKANSAS “U" MAN GOES TO
PANAMA CANAL TO MAKE
OBSERVATIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—
Would you journey all the way to
the Panama Canal Zone for the ex
press purpose of knowingly and in
tentionally permitting centipedes,
scorpions, tarantulas and other sup
posedly poisonous creatures to bite
you just to see the effect of their
poisons?
This is exactly what was done by
Dr. .W. J. Baerg, entomologist, Col
lege of Agriculture, University of
Arkansas, as given in a paper read
before the Entomological Society of
America last week.
Observations of the effect of the
poison of one species of centipede,
two species of scorpions and two
species of tarantulas were made
after permitting these supposedly
poisonous arthropods to bite him
on the hand.
i One of the tarantulas—believed
by Dr. Baerg to be one of the so
called “banana-spiders’' brought to
the United States in shipments of
bananas—was permitted first to
bit rats and guinea pigs. This
tarantula has a reputation of be
ing more deadly than a rattlesnake.
“It was, therefore, with a good
deal of pleasure that I began to in
quire into the effects of the poison,”
Dr. Boerg said.
Tells of Effects.
The rat, which shows symptoms
very readily, fifteen minutes aftei
being bitten was on its belly, oc
casionally attempting to move in a
feeble way; eyes half closed. In
thirty minutes the bitten area was
-vissibly swollen and dark red and
purplish. In an hour and fifteen
minutes the rat showed signs of
recovery, and in three hours and
forty minutes it had practically vp
eovored. A second test, with an
other tarantula and another rate
showed practically the same results.
Two guinea pigs bitten by this
! species of tarantula died in about
half an hour.
The test was then made on Dr.
Baerg, who took some precautions,
so that he will get a relatively
small dose of the# poison. Only
one fang punctured the skin, and
this was allowed to remain for
about one and a half seconds.
“Rather severe pain ensued at
once,” Dr. Baerg reports. “In a
few minutes the finger on which the
bite took place felt numb, and Ihe
pain was so strong that I applied
dilute ammonia about ten minutes
after the bite had taken place. At
fids time the small finger was per
ceptibly swollen, rather red and stiff.
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In fifteen minutes there was a
strong throbbing, and the swelling
had increased considerably. Some
more* ammonia was applied.
“In thirty minutes the finger was
so stiff that it could scarcely be
bent; the skin was very red and
J fionmorl onmoutpn f
less. In an hour the sharp pain
had largely subsided; there was a
strong tingling sensation, and the
stiffness and lame feelig extended
to the third finger. The swelling
gradually spread over most of the
hand. It did not go above the
wrist.
Hot-Water Remedy.
“Two hours af£<=r.„ the bite, took
place (believing that the effects
would be no more than local) I de
cided to try hot water as a remedy
for the pain. After keeping the
hand in comfortably hot water for
thirty minutes the pain wsa practi
cally gone; more of the swelling
had likewise disappeared, and the
stiffness somewhat lessened. A pe
culiar sensitiveness and stinging
sensation, felt when gently rubbing
the skin, remained for some time.
All other pain ceased within six
hours following the bite. A lame
ness in the joints of the small fing
er persisted for nearly a week.”
This tarantula—sericopelma com
munis, as it is known in scientific
terminology—in view of these ob
servations, may be regarded as
poisonous, according to Dr. Baerg.
The centipede was permitted to
bite him on the inside of the ter
minal joint of the small finger of
the left hand.
“The resultant pain was quite ap
preciable before the fangs had been
withdrawn,” according to Dr. Baerg.
“Fifteen minutes later the pain was
noticeably less and confined entirely
to the last point of the finger. In
thirty minutes the pain was rather
slight, the finger reddish.
Pain Disappears.
“In three hours the pain had all
disappeared; there was but a slight
pricking sensation when I rubbed
over the bitten spot.”
Dr. Baerg also permitted two
species of scorpions to sting him.
In the case of one«»species there was
rather severe pain at first. After
thirty minutes the pain gradually
decreased and soon disappeared.
In the case of the other scorpion,
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Dr. Baerg said:
“Nature has, in emphasizing the
pincers, neglected the posabdomen
and the sting, so that the scorpion
has almost forgotten how to use the
latter. It will attempt to sting
only when the pincers cannot be
used.
“The scorpion, after much coax
ing, tried seriously to sting me. All
of four attempts failed, although
an appreciable quantity of poison
was deposited on my small finger.
The poison has a dilute, milky ap
pearance and no taste.
“It did not occur to me until la
ter that the weakness of the scorpion
is no serious obstacle in the making
of these tests. Grasping the scor
pion by the postabdomen, the sting
is easily driven through the skin.
This I did twice, and the small
drops of poison in the punctures in
dicate that the procedure is quite
adequate. The pain resulting from
the sting was very slight and dis
appeared in a few minutes. The
punctures were visible for several
hours. There was no inflammation
or other effects of the poison.”
SALCHAKET NEWS
SEEMS OPTIMISTIC
J. C. Johnson, who is in Fairbanks
purchasing supplies to take out to the
Salchaket, reports that all the miners
along the river are optimistic over the
winter’s work, states an article in the
Fairbanks News-Miner.
Mr. Johnson and Mr. McDowell, who
are located on the river about a mile
above Caribou creek, are down sixty
feet and haven’t yet reached bedrock.
A deeper windlass to sink to a lower
level brot Mr. Johnson in to make the
purchase.
Dave Black and Jake Volmer finish
ed the work for Parker and Carlson,
who returned to town a few weeks
ago. Bedrock was found to be down
about fifty feet.
Dave Black on his own claim is now
down about fifty feet, and is still sink
ing. His claim is located about a quar
ter of a mile above the Johnson and
McDowell ground.
William Gobracht, the original dis
coverer of the Salchaket, is sending
down his third shaft. His work has
been somewhat delayed by the break
ing of a boiler.
Roy Ferguson, located about one
mile above discovery, is down twenty
feet. Mr. Ferguson found some gold
in the first ground below the muck
and seems to be encouraged over his
discovery.
George Weber and Dan Bandman
hit water in the four different holes
they have sunk. They are still trying
to locate frozen ground where a shaft
can be put down.
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