Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Saturday 7 September 1929, page 5


RED-BACK SPIDER.

Bite Will _Kill Child.

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SYDNEY, Friday.-"A bite from the common red-bnek spider will kill a child," Dr. C. H. Kelleway (Melbourne) told the medical congress today. They were not likely to cause death in an adult, he said. Thc best measures after the bite wore to keep the patient warm, and to give him plenty of black coffee.