Show f How Wasp Stings 5 g Cu Ca e Influenza 1 OR on several so months past England has F FOR b been en afflicted with a plague of or hornets Perhaps however cr af aC afflicted d Is not the thc proper word to use for while under ordinary circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances a hornets hornet's stin sting Is not the thu most moat pleasant of or experiences there thore arc indications that It mn may prove pro very cry beneficial In cases of ur certain diseases particularly Influenza Since the tho arrival ar arrival ar- ar rival al of oC the hornets there have ha been fewer cases o of influenza In England than over o before during a period The Tho Inference naturally Is Io that hornets hornets' hur- hur nets nets' s tings stings are aro effectual remedies for Cor this ailment and this conclusion Is Ismore ismore more moro or ILS borne botne on ou out b by a remarkable cn case e just reported by Dr Robert T T. Morris tho the well known Now York physician One of tho the doctors doctor's patients has a Q country farm much Infested ted b by wasps Ho lie was frequently stung stunS l h by y the Insects without much disturbance beyond the use Ilse of ot expletives s and local loc pain lasting for a a. tot few minutes Recent Recently he ho suffered I 1 from Crom an acute attack of Influenza with profuse watery water discharge from the no nose c e loss of appetite general malaise and anti the tho usual of th the disease On the third day ay of this attack ho was stung on the le leg b by a a. yellow jacket et technically foch tech ech- known as vespa espa Tho The site of the sting became excessively excessively sivel painful and swollen with ex- ex serious Infiltration In tho the tissues sues from the knee to the tho ankle o An hour later the symptoms of influenza subsided rapidly and three hours later tho the patient felt perfectly well veil with a henrt hearty appetite for dinner This relief from tho the Influenza lasted for Cor two days d during the time when reaction from tho the kiting of the wasp was most In Intense In- In tense On the subsidence of the in inflammation inflammation In- In of or tho the Ie leg on the he third day symptoms of or Influenza reappeared but not as l. l marked as previously pre We know that bee stings have hate been used for the cure of rheumatism de declared declared do- do dared Dr Morris and In some somo parts of ot the country bee keepers keeper receive afee a aIce afee fee Ice from rheumatic patients for systematic systematic matic a application of bee stings s. This rather crude method of treatment ho has never no rec received hE d much recognition on the part of the profession proCession and 1 I have o been skeptical sl of the actual Importance of J s uch such treatment but the observation of the effect of oC a a. wasp asp sting In this case af ar a- a r x f F wJ i iy y w t nI tb the of th the lir f I n I lu would suS' suS suggest est that the severe er local reaction and anil tho the general l effect from so slight ht an amount of or poison polson as that Introduced In Intro Introduced In- In tro b by a n yellow ellow jacl Jacket ct brings s up trip a subject worthy worth worthy of oC really i serious consideration efficiency of oC bee stings In ca eu e of oC rheumatism has hag been demonstrated I In several hospitals here and in ringland ring flag land where a special technique for Cor securing securing se securing se- se curing the tho stings has been heen perfected At Roosevelt ell hospital New York Tork where the method was tried some time timo ago alO a n number of chronic patients were wert successfully s treated while similar results results re results re- re were obtained In several London hospitals where the samo treatment was applied William P. P Fitzgerald a wealthy brewer of oC Ansonia Conn recently had occasion to put the theory theor to a thorough thorough thor thor- ough ou h test Ho lie had been afflicted with t I rheumatism for or a number of years rears andall and andall all measures tried by local physicians for Cor relief relic had failed For the last month he ho has been dall dally daily exposing himself himself him him- j self sel to the attack of bees quartered inthe In Inthe the garret of his home hom and he has al- al read ready discarded the crutches without t which he ho was formerly quite unable t to walk There Is no secret In the efficacy y of oC stings boo s as a n no curo euro for rheumatism said Dr R. R W. W WIlcox a Ne New NewYork t w York physician who has devoted de con con- considerable considerable attention to this matter maller I It ItIs Is simply a i t clumsy method metho of introducing Introducing Introducing Intro Intro- formic acid Into the system In the ordinary way WM this drug Is administered administered ad all- ministered through h the tho mouth and I doubt douht whether there is an any benefit i ibe to tobe tobe 0 be derived ed b by administering It locally y through the medium of bees In tho the case of wasp waSI stings s for Cor In Influenza influenza In- In tho the some same ma may probably be said although I have made no particular study of that matter The benefit benefi te t which Dr Morris Morris' lorlI patient seems to have o e derived from the sting ma may of ot course have been a simple coincidence but o othe on n the other hand his case callO mn may demonstrate demon demon- demonstrate strate the wasp Injects a n. poison which Is s more effective e than the dru drugs druga s usually usual I ly employed In cases of Influenza Th Tho e matter Is worth proper medical re research re- re search |