Can scorpions be useful?

摘要

At 1000 h on June 14, 2005, a 10-yeai-old boy, breathless and cold, was brought to our hospital by his father. The father reported that at 2000 h, the boy had been stung by a red scorpion-causing excruciating pain, which decreased in the following hour, as an ice pack was applied to the site. However, the boy then vomited twice, and started to sweat profusely. The father took the boy to the village tantrik (traditional healer), who recited a healing spell. By 0230 h, the boy's hands and feet were cold, and he felt short of breath. He was unable to sleep. The father carried his son 2 km to the nearest road, and then travelled the remaining 46 km to hospital by hired autorickshaw.