The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-17

had a very painful form of neu-
ralgia until he was stung by
semi-poisonous tropical spider.
Then his pain left him.
DR.. Monaelesser got TO thinkina
and studying and he found that
the venom Of most poisonous var
mints" has an element in it which
paralyzes the peripheral nerves
il is called the "neurotoxin." He
took the idea to DR.. Calmette, of
Paris, who, after experiments,
selected cobra venom and was able
to isolate the neurotoXic element
in practically pure form, and on
using it on patients with painful
Affections, he found that it stopped
the pain in a large number OF
cases.
Used for Arthritis
Now cobra venom is procurable
at your corner drug store, put up
in sterile ampoules ready to use.
| know a woman who was miser-
able with arthritis for years who
takes cobra venom regularly three
times a week, and while it has not
changed the stiffness of the joints,
it has made life comfortable and
bearable for her.
1t may take a good deal Of cour-
age on the part of your doctor to
tell you he intends to shoot cobra
venom into you and it may startle
and brighten you at first. But as
a matter of experience, there are
few disagreeable reactions.
In most cases it produces no
symptoms whatever except that in
a few days your pain gets better.
And it has great advantages over
other pain killers such as aspirin
and morphine, which sometimes
have TO be used but which require
larger and larger doses TO be effec-
tive and cause disagreeable side
effects, such as constipation and
nausea. Cobra venom can be used
in any case Of prolonged, int = -
able pain.
Use of Bee Venom
Another accidental observation
led to the employment Of another
vsnrn-oee venom. Some doctor
with one Of those minds that keeps
relating up unrelated things found
that bee keepers never got arthri.
tbs; and they were always being
stung by bees. So he put these TO-
gether and the result is we have
the bee venom treatment for ar
thrills. Again, it is only a pain
killer-it does Vbt change the bony
deposits in the joints. But relief
from pain is about the most i'm
portant thing the arthritis patient
Graves.
You can also get bee venom at
the corner drag store. The dosage
is ten bee stings. | don't know how
big the bees are that make up the
ten stings, nor how much venom
they throw in per sting. But there
you are.
The problem Of the patient with
severe regular pain is one which
troubles physicians constantly. No
one likes to prescribe the sovereign
pain killer, morphine, except for
a single or at most three or four
doses. Aspirin helps some cases if
given in large quantities.
have a friend who last year
had a pain around one rib that
nearly drove mm crazy all sum-
mer and no cause for it could ever
be found. Bee venom finally fixed
him up.
There are other methods Of
treating pain if cobra and bee
venom fail-one is the use Of vita
min B, and liver extract in the
vein, another the exposure of the
region of the spinal ganglia TO
X-ray.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NJ. D.-A person 81 years old
had very good head Of hair, but
il is falling out in patches all over.
A hairdresser said the trouble is
internal, lacking some vitamin or
other.
Answer: The description sounds
like the disease called alopecia are
alta. II is not due to lack Of vita.
Minis. II can be cured. Go to