The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-10-28
BEES STING CURES
One Of the Latest Departures In
European Medical Science.
Insect Inject FormIc Acid That Breaks
Down the rPoisons In the Blood
That Cause the Painful
Disease.

London.-Bee stings are the latea
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.
II Is an ingenious appliance. Sc
cured to small platform resembling
the lid OF a box. This is placed over
the hole Of a hive. and the bees read
lily enter II a trace OF honey Is applied
as a bait outside 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
Tor 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.
1T is one of the newest departures
In medical science" well-known
medical man said. land Is still In the
, experimental stage.
But for some timcfpast It has been
observed that. in 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 bee sting Is that
| the formic acid which the insect injecta
breaks down. or. speaking informally
neutralizes the poisons In the blood
which give rise to the symptoms o!
rheumatism.
| The operation of bee vaccination
should not. of course. be undergone
without medical advice. AS Tor the
number OF bees required-that do
Ponds on the patient. and would be
for a doctor to decide"
At ST. Bartholomew hospital II
was ascertained that bee vac
cinator" was actually in use In the
treatment of patients suffering from
rheumatism. but no official statemen,
as to the result OF the experiments
was as yet forthcoming. Bees are reg
ularly supplied to the hospital for the
purpose.
Personally have had the gooc
fortune never to suffer from rheuma
tism. and have kept bees ever sine,
can remember" says man who II
exhibiting at the Crystal palace.
1T does not follow that Bookkeeping
Is a positive assurance of immunity
from rheumatism. but beekeepers o.
my acquaintance who have suffered
from rheumatism have told me how
these pains have disappeared aftel
they have been sung.
Amy beekeeper will tell you tina
the first few stings cause infiamma
} ton and swelling. but this gradual.
, goes down. and after a while ne ex
J periences little or no discomfort from
a bee sting. A wasp sting is a dill
ferent matter.
Il am surprised the medical profes
sion has not taken up bee vaccination
before
The difficulty. however. has beef
in manipulating the bees-that IL I,
, persons other than beekeepers.
People operating have been II
, greater danger of being stung thai
/ the patient hitherto.
This invention has solved the dill
| ficulty. and secured the safety OF an
+ one carrying out the operation. be
r cause 1t is impossible for ary OF tn
bees to escape from the vaccinator.