itten on the
foot by a spider. Notwithstanding medical treatment, principally
bleeding, the man soon expired.

Desbrest mentions the sting of a bee above the eyebrow followed by
death. Zacutus saw a bee-sting which was followed by gangrene.
Delaistre mentions death from a hornet-sting in the palate. Nivison
relates the case of a farmer of fifty who was stung in the neck by a
bee. The usual swelling and discoloration did not follow, but
notwithstanding vigorous medical treatment the man died in six days.
Thompson relates three cases of bee-sting, in all of which death
supervened within fifteen minutes,--one in a farmer of fifty-eight who
was stung in the neck below the right ear; a second in an inn-keeper of
fifty who was stung in the neck, and a third of a woman of sixty-four
who was stung on the left brow. "Chirurgus" recalls the details of a
case of a wasp-sting in the middle finger of the right hand of a man of
forty, depriving him of all sense and of muscular power. Ten minutes
after receiving it he was unconscious, his heart-beats were feeble, and
his pulse only perceptible.

Syphilis from a Flea-bite.--Jonathan Hutchinson, in the October, 1895,
number of his unique and valuable Archives of Surgery, reports a
primary lesion of most unusual origin. An elderly member of the
profession presented himself entirely covered with an evident
syphilitic eruption, which rapidly disappeared under the use of
mercury. The only interest about the case was the question as to how
the disease had been acquired. The doctor was evidently anxious to give
all the information in his power, but was positive that he had never
been exposed to any sexual risk, and as he had retired from practice,
no possibility of infection in that manner existed. He willingly
stripped, and a careful examination of his entire body surface revealed
no trace of lesion whatever on the genitals, or at any point, except a
dusky spot on one leg, which looked like the remains of a boil. This,
the doctor stated, had been due to a small sore, the dates of the
appearance and duration of which were found to fit exactly with those
of a primary lesion. There had also been some enlargement of the
femoral glands. He had never thought of the sore in this connection,
but remembered most distinctly that it followed a flea-bite in an
omnibus, and had been caused, as he supposed, by his scratching the
place, though he could not understand why it lasted so long. Mr.
Hutchins