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Homeopathy 2004; 93(01): 27-33
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2003.10.001
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The toxicology of Latrodectus tredecimguttatus: the Mediterranean Black Widow Spider

M.S Bonnet
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Received20 June 2003
revised04 September 2003

accepted06 October 2003

Publication Date:
22 December 2017 (online)

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Abstract

The symptomatology of envenomation by the Mediterranean Black Widow Spider, Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, is reviewed. The results confirm the hypothesis that the homeopathic remedy, Tarentula hispanica, is derived from this spider, not from the Wolf spider, Lycosa tarentula.

Keywords

Black Widow - Latrodectus tredecimguttatus - Lycosa tarentula - Tarentula hispanica - Materia Medica Homeopathie - spiders - toxicology
 

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