To the Editor: An experiment was recently conducted during a morning doctor’s seminar at the Busselton Hospital to assess four treatments for jellyfish stings using specimens of Carybdea species collected from the nearby waters of Geographe Bay.
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- Busselton, WA.
Correspondence: jaqtayl@bigpond.net.au
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