A Cure for Scorpion Stings
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Sir,?I have read with great interest the letter of Dr. Mudaliar that has appeared under the above heading in the Novembei 1939 issue (p. 715) of your journal. About 18 years ago when I was at Banbassa (Terai forest) in connection with the Sarda Canal works, I came across many hundreds of cases of scorpion sting. Almost every day dozens of men from the labouring class used to come smitten with intense pain caused through the sting of this venomous creature. Scorpions abounded in that region and some of them were indeed very big (9 to 10 inches in length) and dark in colour. The people there used to fear these insects as much
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