Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-10-29
BEES STING CURES
One of the Latest Departures in
European Medical Science.
Insect Inject Formic Acid That Breaks
Down the Poisona In the Blood
That Cause the Painful
Disease.

London.-Bee stings are the --latest |
cure advanced for rheumatism.
The working of the bee vacci
nator," as this invention Is termed
was shown at the exhibition of the
Surrey Beekeepers' association at the
Crystal palace.
1t is an ingenious appliance, Sc
cured to a small platform resembling
the lid OF box. This is placed over
the hole of hive, and the bees read.
fly enter II trace of honey is applied
as bait outside a perforated zinc
slide, which is part of the mechanism.
By closing the slides the bees are
imprisoned, the requisite number thus
being secured. The little "vacci.
majors" can then be removed from the
hive. or inspection box, and may be
sent by post or carried about ready
for use.
The actual operation of vaccination
is simplicity itself. The bee vac
cinator" is placed on the affected part
of the patient and a knob is pressed
down until the bees sting.
'It is one of the newest departures
In medical science" a well-known
medical man said. land is still in the
experimental stage.
But for some time past it has been
observed that. in a general way. bee.
keepers certainly enjoy immunity
from rheumatism, or, II they have
suffered from this complaint. 1t has
disappeared after they have been
stung few times.
The effect of a bee sting is that
the formic acid which the insect injects
! breaks down, or, speaking informally,
. neutralizes the poisons in the blood
, which give rise to the symptoms OF
: rheumatism.
. The operation of bee vaccination
without medical advice AS for the
: number of bees required-that de
y ponds on the patient, and would be
; for doctor to decide"
" At St. Bartholomew's hospital Il
l. was ascertained that a bee vac
cinator" was actually In use in tht
treatment of patients suffering from
4 rheumatism, but no official statemen
as to the result of the experiments
n was as yet forthcoming. Bees are reg
ularly supplied to the hospital for tn
purpose.
Personally, | have had the goo
8, fortune never to suffer from rheums
n, tism, and l have kept bees ever sine
Is | can remember" says a man who
~ exhibiting at the Crystal palace.
es 1T does not follow that beekeepin
lie is a positive assurance of immunit
ly from rheumatism, but beekeepers 9
g. my acquaintance who have suffere
from rheumatism have told me hov
he these pains have disappeared afte
lie they have been sung.
a. ANY beekeeper will tell you tha
~ the first few stings cause inflamm;
pc ton and swelling, but this gradual
to goes down, and after a while ne e,
he periences little or no discomfort froI
a bee sting. wasp sting is a di
lis ferent matter.
is Il am surprised the medical profe
a sion has not taken up bee vaccinatio
before.
THE difficulty. however, has bee
in manipulating the bees-that is
ee persons other than beekeepers
at People operating have been
to greater danger of being stung ths
mt the patient hitherto.
20 This invention has solved the d.
nd fculty, and secured the safety of al
.er one carrying out the operation, b
Ter cause 1t is impossible for any of Il
bees to escape from the vaccinator