1. Efficacy of a Jellyfish Sting Inhibitor in Preventing Jellyfish Stings in Normal Volunteers 
Alexa Boer Kimball, MD, MPH, Karina Zuelma Arambula, BA, Arlen Ray Stauffer, MD, Valeh Levy, MD, Valerie Weaver Davis, MD, Michael Liu, MD, Wingfield Ellis Rehmus, MD, MPH, Amit Lotan, PhD, Paul S. Auerbach, MD, MS 
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages (June 2004)
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2. Figure 1 Chrysaora fuscescens jellyfish.
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3. Figure 2
Thirteen-year-old surfer a day after a sting from a Chiropsalmus quadrumanus jellyfish.
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4. Figure 3
Jellyfish stinging mechanism. A, Stimulation from the skin initiates the stinging cell discharge process. B, High internal pressure of 150atm develops within the stinging capsule. C, With acceleration of times the force of gravity, the shaft drills a hole into the skin. D, A tubule follows the shaft and injects poison into the body.
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5. Figure 4
Application of Chrysaora fuscescens tentacles to the arm of a subject within the region treated with either placebo or a jellyfish sting inhibitor lotion.
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6. Figure 5
Erythema is notable on the arm treated with the placebo lotion and absent on the arm treated with the inhibitor lotion after exposure to a jellyfish tentacle.
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