The purpose of this handbook is to provide Air Force medical personnel
with a quick reference on the problems caused by the more important
venomous arthropods found in the United States. An attempt has been made
to include the latest information available in the scientific
literature.
The author would like to acknowledge the valuable assistance of Mr.
Orville V. Anderson, USAFSAM Photographer; Captain Robert W. Clegern,
USAF, BSC, Medical Entomologist; and Lieutenant Colonel John C. Moseley,
USAF, MC, Dermatologist.