STUNG BY A JELLYFISH.
j Wliilc bathing in the surf on Wednesday afternoon at X"apier one of a partv of picnickers who had come from Dannevirkc to spend the day by the seaside, a, girl about 15 years of age, bad the misfortune to be severely stung on the neck by a jellyfish. Her first intimation that anything was wrong was when she felt something soft and clammv clinging to her neck. The jellyfish then began to sting, whereupon the girl seized it \Mth ber band and tore it away, and in doing so her hand suffered from stingy. Ihe girl, who was in extreme pain, was con\eyed into the baths and Dr. Waterworth was summoned. The effcct of the s ings was to raise the skin in large lumps all round the throat. After an injection, however, the pain cased, and the g ir l was able to undertake the return journey to Bannevirke. I
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 23, 28 January 1928, Page 14
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