Hey Gdfelas, that first link you gave is THE story that this thread is based on, only you have found a much better written version! Link again (for proper credit) and text:
http://www.atsnn.com/story/86263.html
"Although it is incredibly rare in the United States, it has been determined that the bite of a Brown Recluse spider has resulted in the death of a small child. 5-year old Nicholas Robinson of Fayetteville, Tennessee became ill and unexpectedly died this past July. Although his family suspected a spider bite, the cause of death could not be established until a lengthy post-mortem examination could be completed. Some experts will no doubt disagree with the finding.
original news source:
WAFF TV
A late Wednesday evening phone call from the Tennessee state medical examiner gave his grandmother the answer she needed. "Said that he had checked throughout the world, and his finding so far was that it was a Brown Recluse spider bite," she explains.
Please visit the link provided for the complete story.
“In about the last 30 to 40 years I was only able to find about six deaths related and proven to be from a brown recluse spider,” State Medical Examiner Dr. Bruce Levy said. Spider bite expert, Dr. Phillip Anderson, is quoted in a 1998 journal article for Missouri Medicine as saying, “We are not aware of any verifiable deaths caused by the bite of the North American brown recluse spider."
While the bites of the Brown Recluse are serious and can result in horrible lesions and scarring, deaths are exceedingly uncommon. There is no antivenin currently available and treatment is essentially limited to the relief of the bite symptoms. Now that this finding is public will we see more study and investigation into the effects of this arachnid's bite?"
END OF ARTICLE
The link within the story, which clears up whether or not there was a spider body and more exactly what happened. Definitely worth reading if you want those last few answers:
http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=2372353
Gdfelas, what a find! It even touches on the controversy about whether or not a brown recluse bite can, or has ever, killed a person.
Yet another useful bookmark!
http://www.atsnn.com/story/86263.html
"Although it is incredibly rare in the United States, it has been determined that the bite of a Brown Recluse spider has resulted in the death of a small child. 5-year old Nicholas Robinson of Fayetteville, Tennessee became ill and unexpectedly died this past July. Although his family suspected a spider bite, the cause of death could not be established until a lengthy post-mortem examination could be completed. Some experts will no doubt disagree with the finding.
original news source:
WAFF TV
A late Wednesday evening phone call from the Tennessee state medical examiner gave his grandmother the answer she needed. "Said that he had checked throughout the world, and his finding so far was that it was a Brown Recluse spider bite," she explains.
Please visit the link provided for the complete story.
“In about the last 30 to 40 years I was only able to find about six deaths related and proven to be from a brown recluse spider,” State Medical Examiner Dr. Bruce Levy said. Spider bite expert, Dr. Phillip Anderson, is quoted in a 1998 journal article for Missouri Medicine as saying, “We are not aware of any verifiable deaths caused by the bite of the North American brown recluse spider."
While the bites of the Brown Recluse are serious and can result in horrible lesions and scarring, deaths are exceedingly uncommon. There is no antivenin currently available and treatment is essentially limited to the relief of the bite symptoms. Now that this finding is public will we see more study and investigation into the effects of this arachnid's bite?"
END OF ARTICLE
The link within the story, which clears up whether or not there was a spider body and more exactly what happened. Definitely worth reading if you want those last few answers:
http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=2372353
Gdfelas, what a find! It even touches on the controversy about whether or not a brown recluse bite can, or has ever, killed a person.
Yet another useful bookmark!
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