VENOMOUS ARTHROPOD
HANDBOOK
Envenomization Symptoms/Treatment, Identification, Biology and Control
Terry L. Biery, Captain, USAF, BSC
Disease Surveillance Branch
Epidemiology Division
USAF School of Aerospace Medicine
Aerospace Medical Division (AFSC)
Brooks Air Force Base, Texas 78235
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, DC. 20402
Stock No. 008-070-00397-0/Catalog No. D 301,35: 161/43
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1977 O—251-048
PREFACE
The purpose of this handbook is to provide Air Force medical personnel with a quick reference on the problems caused by the more important venomous arthropods found in the United States. An attempt has been made to include the latest information available in the scientific literature.
The author would like to acknowledge the valuable assistance of Mr. Orville V. Anderson, USAFSAM Photographer; Captain Robert W. Clegern, USAF, BSC, Medical Entomologist; and Lieutenant Colonel John C. Moseley, USAF, MC, Dermatologist.