Injuries caused by scorpion fish
- 1 August 1940
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 34 (2) , 227-230
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(40)90072-4
Abstract
1. —The habitat, natural history and anatomy of certain West Indian Scorpaenidae are described. 2. Injuries and their complications arising from punctures by their spines are outlined. 3. Treatment of injuries, using procaine infiltration, is indicated.Keywords
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