Saturday 25 February 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Toxic spider Bite - Australia: funnel web spider

Bite -- Australia
A 10-year-old Australian boy has survived being bitten by one of the world's most venomous spiders after being treated with 12 vials of anti-venom, reports say.
It is thought to be one of the largest doses of anti-venom ever administered in Australia.
[MM] was bitten on his finger by a funnel-web spider while helping his father clear out a shed. He suffered multiple seizures, dilated eyes and began frothing at the mouth.
"It sort of clawed onto me and all the legs and everything

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