I used to live in Wichita, Ks. and my house was infested with brown's. I once got bitten on the inside of my arm and it quickly started looking "scary".
A trip to the minor emergency center and a steroid shot was all that I needed. Other's people's mileage will vary, of course, based on their physiology. On Oct 11, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > Pamela, > > I stand corrected and warned. > > Given that the Hospital here is such a mixed bag, I wonder if the collective > wisdom of this list might produce a “spider bite center” in the country which > one could call into if needed. I am terrified for the children. What did > the healer do? Does your techie still have his hand? I found the loving > descriptions of progressive necrosis on the web particularly alarming. > > Nick > > From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf > Of Pamela McCorduck > Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 11:02 AM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Name this spider > > One of my computer techies was bitten by a brown recluse in El Dorado. All > the rest is true--no help from the hospital, a wound that grew and grew. > Finally he found a local folk healer who helped. He was very skeptical but by > then desperate. I've been banging my open hand first against anything I > needed to probe into, from the wires behind my computer (which is where his > was lurking) to the woodpile, to... They are shy and would rather run away, > but if startled, will bite. > > > > > On Oct 11, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > > > Carl, it never occurred to me to confide in my spiders. I will reconsider > that policy on your recommendation. > > According to my books, the brown recluse doesn’t make it beyond the 100th > meridian (blood or otherwise). She has a local cousin, “desert recluse” or > some such whose bite is not a problem. > > What I learned from the brief reading on the I-net and elsewhere is that > there are no medical miracles to deal with these bites. I had always assumed > I would rush down to St. Vincents, and if I got there soon enough, they would > give me a shot, and that would be the end of it. Apparently not so. > Particularly if children are bitten. > > Nick > > From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf > Of Carl Tollander > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 10:23 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Name this spider > > Black Widows - Shiny long legs, hourglass on back - worry some, as they can > get agressive and the bites are persistently painful. Ubiquitous and the big > one's can be resilient against 2x4's. They make more. Lots more. > Brown Recluse - All brown, hides in slight creases on a newspaper - worry > more due to cellular toxins. > Wolf - Short legs, big body - not so much worry, just don't mess with it. > They do bite, but they keep to themselves unless molested. I call the one > over my front door "Kong". From the description, probably what you have. > Everything else, leave 'em be, they're beneficial, bites not fun but not > dangerous, probably. Good listeners. > > On 10/8/10 7:59 PM, Robert J. Cordingley wrote: > Hoping there's someone on this list that knows something about spiders in > New Mexico... There were two of these hanging out just on the outside of my > house in Santa Fe. One had made a large somewhat circular web about 2 ft > across. At night it would sit in the middle, during the day it would hide in > a corner. You can get an idea of the size from the tines of the dining fork. > I think they are big. I've not yet been successful in finding anything > online that seems to come any where close. Any ideas on what type it is, > should I be worried? > > Let me know if you'd like a higher res. image. > > Thanks, > Robert C > > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > "How quickly weeks glide away in such a city as New York, especially when you > reckon among your friends some of the most agreeable people in either > hemisphere." > Fanny Trollope, "Domestic Manners of the Americans" > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
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