Abstract

Five people are now taking legal action over the outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Edinburgh that has left two people dead. There have been 42 confirmed cases and 47 suspected cases, centred around the south west area of the city. Health chiefs believe the outbreak has peaked, with the number of cases now static.

SUMMARY

Park et al. report in the Journal of Paristology regarding a case of oral stings by spermatophores of the squid Todarodes pacificus. A 63-yr-old Korean woman experienced severe pain in her oral cavity immediately after eating a portion of parboiled squid along with its internal organs. She did not swallow the portion, but spat it out immediately.