Marshall & the group,
Here in Australia, our family ran a Truck Stop, and one night one of the
truckies (in US, read truckers!) came in for fuel and was in the advanced stage
of affects from a spider bite. He was perspiring, had the shakes, and was not a
very well man. He insisted on driving on as he had to get his urgent load
through to Brisbane, which in driving terms was 12 hours constant driving
north. I pleaded with him for me to take him to the hospital, but he refused. I
remembered my grandmother's onion cure, and placed a mashed onion on his leg,
bound it up, and make him promise to ring me from the next town. Long story
short, he forgot, I was worried sick for his welfare, he ended up ringing me 2
hours later. He was amazed, said he felt the change almost immediately, and so
well in fact that he forgot to ring me as we had planned!
Years ago my younger brother got bitten on the butt by a Red Back spider, very
similar to the US Black Widow, and for young'uns, deadly, Well on went the
onion, and within and hour, almost no evidence of the bite, swelling was
reduced to a small localised area, and no toxicity effects..
John in Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: Marshall Dudley
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 4:04 AM
Subject: Re: CS>Re:spider bite
Meat Tenderizer might be good too. It is about the best thing for bee and
wasp stings. It breaks down the protein toxin to harmless components
immediately.
Be sure it is the one that uses papayan in it.
Marshall
h...@bigpond.net.au wrote:
Wayne,
Simplest treatment for a spider bite is an onion, cut one in half, mash the
cut surface and apply straight on the bite and leave it there.
Works for any insect sting or bite. From my experience, and we have quite a
few very venomous spiders here in Australia, it works, even for our "Bull
ant", his sting is very painful, takes the pain out in seconds, and seems
to
either neutralise the venom or draw it out.
John in Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Fugitt" <wa...@fugitt.com>
To: <silver-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:47 AM
Subject: CS>Spider Bite Question
> Good Evening,
>
> I am at Day 6 after the spider bite. Day 1 until day 3, I thought it to
be
> a fire ant. ( Day Three of treatment )
>
> I did search the archives and read most of them. About 90 % relate to
> ignition systems.
