A number of Aucklanders are suffering this summer from the bites of scarlet spiders, which are at first painful and afterwards irritating and disfiguring, the part affected becoming red and swollen and remaining so, in some cases, for several days. The spiders arc so tiny as to be almost invisible to the unaided eye. The best remedy for the bites, as far as has been discovered, is the prompt and liberal application of boracic ointment.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4803, 1 February 1936, Page 5
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