An account of the many stinging arachnids that have medical impact

Hugh L. Keegan gives an account of the distribution, morphology, biology and classification of those scorpions considered to be of medical impact. Of 800 scorpion species only 50 have been reported as dangerous to man. Scorpions of Medical Importance includes introductory chapters on scorpion morphology and biology, the geographical distribution of dangerously venomous species, clinical aspects of envenomation, and on control and the prevention of scorpion stings. Keegan discusses individual genera and species, and his accounts are lavishly illustrated with line drawings. Several species that are not of medical importance but are associated in the public mind with dangerous venom are also included to counter needless apprehension the author attributes to folklore and movies. The book contains an index, bibliography, and pertinent references to related species not discussed in full.

Author of more than 100 journal articles and several books, Hugh L. Keegan was a professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

152 pages, 8 1/4 x 11 inches