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Ci)cliin, a man was 1)Voii!jli(. (o oito of my lios])i(.aIs wil.li jranuroiic fif 

 llio fore-arm, occasioiieil 1)V a lay-lisli having' wound its (ail around i(, 

 find dragged its armed sjiino IJirongli tlio muscles down (o the hones. 

 Accidents from s])ines of (islies, especially of the sihiroid and ray- 

 families, ai'e exceedingly common in the East. In hotli France and 

 •?>|)ain, police regulations rei[uire that all sjiincs on fish, which inllict 

 injurious wounds, should he removed prior to their heins hronght to 

 market. In Orissa, the serrated spine at the base of the l,ail of the 

 ray-fish is believed to cause fatal wounds. Fishermen invariably remove 

 it, and usually break off the dorsal and pectoral spines from all siluroids. 

 4)29. Dr. Jcrdou {^Madran Journal, Lilcrafnre and Science, 1819) 



mentioned that wounds from the spiny rays 

 nshl!"'"'' '""'"' '^'"^ ■'"'" "^ "f ^''c I'olj/acantkus cupann., occasion severe 



pain for a few hours. But it may be generally 

 considered that in juries from (hcso hard rays of most of the Acanlhop- 

 Icrygian fishes may induce irritation, and even inflammation, lasting for 

 an uncertain time. This irritation may be due to acrid mucus, 

 normalljr secreted, or rendered irritable, due to excitement in the fish. 

 The severity of the injury will be increased or diminished in accordance 

 with the state of the health of the injured person at the time of the 

 receipt of the injury. 



