| Show I 1 A dangerous fly bite to be threatened with death from the bite of an ordinary house fly is a strange thing but recently joseph swain was la in danger of losing his life from that cause canse mr swain had a slight abrasion on the skin elan of his left hand it was waa a very simple injury not being severe enough to t break the tha outer cuticle on saturday while seated in his house lionie he felt a sharp stinging sensation on the injured spot A fly was biting bitin ghim him and he had to shake his hand several times to drive him alxa away immediately mr swain felt pain in his hand and the hand beggan began to swell by evening the swelling and the pain had extended to the wrist and the next morning when dr peyton was called in the whole arm as tar far as the elbow had assumed abnormal proportions the patient was suffering ex excruciating cru pain and he had passed a night of agony everything indicated blood poisoning and the physician regarded it as a serious case the doctor is of the opinion that there is a new species of ily fly about here the bite of which is poisonous they resemble the house fly in every way excepting that they are smaller and blacker the most probable theory is that the fly injected into mr swains Swain sarra arm some poisonous subs sub taace stanco drained from something upon which the fly had been feeding Stock stockton tou cal mail |
