SPIDERS. 205 



On the Bite of the Spider. 



A HEALTHY mail, and of a very good 

 constitution, of the town of Opping, (famous 

 for its acidulous waters) being in his granary, 

 felt something pricking him in the neck, and 

 having laid his hand immediately on the 

 place, saw it was a Spider, that he had 

 bruised without knowing what it was. This 

 biting was followed by a sensation of heat 

 and pain in the part, but not thinking that 

 it deserved to be paid any attention to, he 

 went the next morning to the country, where 

 he drunk plentifully with his friends. The 

 third day after the bite signs of inflammation 

 appeared in the neck ; the fourth day the 

 breast was inflamed, and he complained of 

 lassitude and weakness, and a Barber ap- 

 plied to his breast the ungent of litharge. 

 The fifth day, a physician having been sent 

 for, prescribed sudorifics, cordials, and had 

 theriacde applied to the neck ; but the sixth 

 day the patient died. 



Dr, Salomop Reiseluis. 



