treat cases of poisoning. The author had hoped to attempt more detailed 

 studies, but these were of secondary Importance and the pressure of time has 

 made it iinpossible to get around to them. 



However, if the work reported herein has in f^eneral attained the hoped- 

 for goal of a practical experimental study, if it can be sa5d to have 

 attained results which can be used without serious error in the areas 

 studied and in other neighboring areas of the South Seas, and if this report 

 is of any benefit to the world, it is due to all those who conferred their 

 support and assistance, and we here express our deep thanks to them* 



fPage 3I Section 2 Past Studies of Poisonous Pish 



First we will consider the term "poisonous fish". The species of fish 

 which harm man are not few, Amonc; them tbose whose bodies contain poisons 

 which are transferred to the human body should be called poisonous fish, 

 f'owever, there are various methofis of accomplishing this. One is to trans- 

 rait the poison by biting, another is by sticking vdth spines, and a third 

 is by being eaten by humans. The first should be called "venomous fish", 

 and the second "poison-spined fish". Although the third type could be caUed 

 "fish which are poisonous vihen eaten", in this report they will be referred 

 to simply as "poisonous fish", using the term in this restricted sense. 



This study has been mainly concerned with the species which cause 

 poisoning when eaten by human beings, but because of practical eonsideratixxis 

 it also touches upon some of the "poisonr-spined fish". 



The most comprehensive report upon poisonous fish in the broad sense 

 is that of the Oerman Pawlowsky** (1927). In this paper the author cbUected 

 all references to poison in the literature and classified them as venomous, 

 poison-spined, and poisonous \ihen eaten. As many as 61 species are listed 

 as poisonous when eaten, but among them are mixed some which are clearly 

 of the type which poison bv piercing and it is believed that the number of 

 those which are truly poisonous to eat should be somewhat reduced. 



These are here classified and listed. The habitat is in parentheses; 

 the scientific name is reproduced as given. 



After completing the manuscript of this report the author learned of 

 the publication by Lt. Kawakubo (M C ) UN and Lt. (j.g.) Kikuchi (M C ) 

 TJ^ of a paper entitled Animal Experiments with Poisoning by Poisonous 

 Fish of the South Seas a n d an Fjcample of Fish Poisoning (Naval ^'edioal 

 Society Journal, Vol. 31,' Mo. 8, August 19^). These officers made an 

 animal experiment using the .1ab and pan of Jaluit(see pp. 43, 45 of this 

 report) and reported approximately the same results as this report. 



Pawlowsky, 5, N.: fTifttiere 1927, Jena. 



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