THE BITE OF THE KATIPO.
To the Editor ok the ' Evening Mail.' . Sib, — I hare observed lately in your paper several accounts of persons having been bitten . by the katipo, or poisonous native spider, the effects of which have been most painful. A little more than two months ago, about six o'clock on a Sunday eveninar, I had the misfortune to be bitten bv one of these insects in the thigh, the bite resembling a sharp prick or pinch. Knowing that I had no time to lose (my wife bavin? been onca laid up for three months from a rfmilxr cauae). I immediately bathed the affected ptrt thoroughly with strong ammonia, which had baen recommended to me before by a friend, an M.D of large experience. The remit was that the pain gradually decreased, and I was able to conduct service half-an-h)ur later, after which I felt nothing further. lam persuaded that if this remedy wero adopted imraedintely (for here delay is madness), equally beneficial results would follow. By giving publicity to this, you may perhaps save some unfortunate individual a deal of needless agony. I am, &c., William B. Marten. Wesleyan Parsonage, Richmond, July 12, 1876.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 177, 18 July 1876, Page 2
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197THE BITE OF THE KATIPO. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 177, 18 July 1876, Page 2
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