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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 416, 4 October 1876, Page 2

A Cure for the Katipo’s Bite.— A correspondent wrtes to the Nelson Mail as follows : —“ I have observed lately several accounts of persons having been bitten by the katipo, or native poisonous spider, the effects of which have been most painful. A little more than two months ago, about six o’clock on a Sunday evening, I had the misfortune to be bitten by 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 having been once laid up for three months from a similar cause) I immediately bathed the affected put thoroughly with strong ammonia, which had been recommended to me by a friend, au M.D. of large experience. ’Hie result was that the pain gradually decreased, and I was able to conduct, service hali-an-hour later, after which I felt nothing further. lam persuaded thatif this remedy were adopted immediately (for here delay is madness), equally beneficial results would follow. By givingpublicily to this you may perhaps save some unfortunate individual a deal of needless agony."