title: Review of Southern African scorpions and scorpionism.
abstract: Medically important scorpions are discussed in terms of their venom, methods of envenomation and distribution in relation to the pattern of human population density dispersal. Notes on the treatment of scorpion sting and the identification of important species are provided.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D065008:Scorpion Stings / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012605:Scorpions / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D013019:South Africa