Arachnidism
- 6 January 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 240 (1), 5-8
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm194901062400102
Abstract
ARACHNIDISM, the syndrome following the bite of a black-widow spider, is a definite clinical entity in the field of general medicine. The belief that the bite of the spider Latrodectus mactans, present in all but seven states in America, is poisonous for man has been recognized for centuries.1 Before Bogen's2 review of the literature in 1926 there was much skepticism attached to the fact that such a small creature could, by its bite, produce terrifying generalized symptoms in man. He reported 380 cases with 17 deaths in eighteen states. It remained for Blair,3 in 1933, to dispel all doubt . . .Keywords
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