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Show Electricity for Stings. According to Dr. Friedlander of Wiesbaden, electricity is an antidote against stings of insects. His plan in such cases is to apply a constant current cur-rent and to place a negative cathode on the spot stung by the insect. Galvanization Gal-vanization produces a rather strong sensation of burning, but at the same time the pain from the sting disappears, disap-pears, and if the electricity is applied very soon after the wound has been Inflicted there is little or no swelling. The current, however, does excellent service even if it be not applied until some time has elapsed, for it removes the pain and also quickly reduces the swelling. The supposition Is that the poison which the insect has injected through the skin is neutralized and rendered Innocuous by the current. Dr. Friedlander has repeatedly made experiments ex-periments of this kind on persons who have been stung by bees and wasps, and has invariably found them successful. success-ful. He naturally believes that a similar sim-ilar result would be obtained in the cases of persons stung by other inserts. |