 | 1888 - 596 pages
...causing violent local inflammation. In the absence of any special poisonorgan, it is very probable that the mucous secretion in the vicinity of the spines...groove in which the poisonous fluid is lodged, and through which it can be inoculated in the punctured wound. r Cose 9.] The Scicenidce (Cases 8, 9) are... | |
 | Zoological Society of London - 1888 - 962 pages
...spirits in which the specimen had been preserved." Giinther, moreover, states elsewhere (11) that " no special poison-organ has been found in these fishes,...vicinity of the spines has poisonous properties." (Comp. also 12.) Day (9) also states that nothing certain is known, either as to the seat of the poison... | |
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... of opercular spine. common fishes on the European coasts, and but too well known to all fishermen. Wounds by their dorsal and opercular spines are much dreaded, being extremely painful, and sometimes causing violent local inflammation. In the absence... 