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Show Matngr mainly in the midwest and south. Some people call it the fiddle Dr. Rees develops recluse antivenom by Bruce Jennlnga The brown recluse spider more deadly than the black widow spider Administration Hospital in ville, Tenn. Nash- Dr. Rees is a son of Dr. G. Stanford and the rattlesnake, and the cause of Rees, Gunnison, and the husband of injuries to about 5,000 people in the the former Karen Reid , a daughter of United States each year may have Elaine and the late Newell C. Reid, lost its sting thanks to an antivenom Ephraim. He is a graduate of the developed by Dr. Riley S. Rees and University of Utah, received his his fellow researchers at Vanderbilt medical degree from Louisiana State University and the Veterans University and has done advanced work in plastic surgery. The brown recluse spiders poisonous venom destroys everything it touches, leaving large holes in the flesh that can take months or even years to heal. Until the antivenom had been developed by Dr. Rees, the treatment given brown recluse victims included drugs, surgery and skin grafts, although even "If youre near enough to see the fiddle," Dr. Rees cautions, youre He will further report his findings with respect to the antivenom in Midget lb. pkg. LONGHORN CHEESE 1 2 s89 Family Size TIDE DETERGENT Storybook ,$HM SAVERS LIFE 10 roll pkg Gold& Soft MARGARINE Nestle's 1 1 Vi ErTf'NC 1 V lb. tub a oz. U MILK CHOCOLATE MORSELS.... FOAM CUPS 5i-6- .q oi Hershey 2 lb. can INSTANT COCOA Vi Gal. Bottle 11 SUNNY DELIGHT long-lastin- Its aptly called a recluse because Qg and bam lofts. Rees and his students who are paid 50c per spider for those they turn in hunt the spiders on warm summer nights. When a speciman is cornered, the hunter slips a small plastic cup over it, snaps on a lid and then tosses it into a paper bag. 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Ear safety 0 $ fl 69 - 89 $ Most c Rees the The brown recluse is so named because it lives in dark, dry places, coming out only at night. Its found Birdseye 10 (sm morn iEM 805. it inhabits places like cellars, attics r Western Family several medical journals. Dr. Rees has spent seven years studying the brown recluse problem and his commitment to this research has led his colleagues to nickname him the Spiderman. Catching brown recluse spiders is not the hardest part of Dr. Rees research, but its the most dangerous because the spider has g the most potent and venom of any insect in North America. Pag IDX0 (0IIa7g? 0(T these At a meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons in Las Vegas in October, Dr. Rees reported that when the antivenom was used on several patients within 48 hours after the bite it prevented tissue destruction. 13, 1984 is now an assistant of plastic surgery at professor Vanderbilt University. His work in connection with skin grafts to repair the flesh damaged by brown recluse bites led to his crusade against the .. deadly insect. Dr. Unlike some spiders the brown recluse doesnt spin webs to catch its prey. Instead, it runs them down. And its often cannabilistic, feeding on each other and on black widows. d measures rarely hastened healing or prevented deep scaring. The antivenom, purified from rabbit serum, is now available only at Vanderbilt University, but Dr. Rees hopes that the Food and Drug Administration will soon make it available at other institutions. Dcmbr in big trouble. spider" because of the distinctive mark on its back. dark, violin-shape- Thursday, 93 29 2 litre (317 2 U Shasta 30 oz. Biz $j)29 jLx Detergent Keebler Honey Grahams. FruitCake Mix i ib. $ Ku 49 16o,$U 29 Navel 72's Oranges Mfl ll " " lu I lb. 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