Excerpt from A Practical System of Surgery, Vol. 3 of 3 The feorp'ion is not found in this country, but is plentiful in France, Italy, and all the fouthern parts of Europe, as well as in Africa, and'beth the Indies. In temperate climates, the animals do' not grow to a large fize, and therefore their fling, though painful, is'not dangerous; but, in the very hot parts Of Africa, India, and America, they grow to' a great fize, and their bite 1s mor tal. The' remedies commonly advifed in thefe cafes are very abfurd. It' has been recommend ed to kill the fcorpion, and'apply it, when bruif' ed to a math, to the injured place 3 or, if we have not a fcorpton, to take a toad, or fome o ther animal fuppofed to be of a p01fonous na turew With refpeet to the toad, however, we now know that this is a millake and it is gene rally agreed, that the toad, however calumnia ted, is abfolutely harmlefs and indeed, it is impoflible to fee whatlufe it would be of, though ever fo poifonou's. It is more probable, that cooling and emollient remedies, fach as'are ufe ful for the {tings of wafps and bees, will alfo be ufeful for the flings of fcorpions and that this is'the cafe we have lately been alfured of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.