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Show to whom insect bites and .-Umus arc merely painful, a paste of baking soda and cold cream or a compress moistened with ammonia water gives :: r Ii.:i; calamine lotion a'yo relieves the itching. For bee and wasp stings, immediate immedi-ate application of ice or ice water gives some relief. The bee always leaves its r.tinger in the victim, and this should be removed immediately. It should be lifted out carefully care-fully with tweezers or a hairpin hair-pin or bobbypin, not squeezed, because the section of the stinger near the surface of the wound is the sac containing the venom. Wasps can remove their own stingers and can sting repeatedly. Red Cross Warns About Insect Stings Washington, D. C, Aprril 28 The sting of a bee or any member mem-ber of the wasp family hornets hor-nets and yellow jackets can be fatal for some people, the American Red Cross warned today. Its admonition was issued as the annual warm-weather exodus ex-odus of millions of Americans to the outdoors for recreation or garden work got under way. "And more people go outdoors for these purposes and expose themselves to stings every year," Alfred W. Cantwell, national na-tional director of Red Cross Safety Services, said. White everyone stung by a bee or wasp usually suffers some localized swelling and pain, some people are especially especi-ally susceptible and suffer a generalized reaction to these stings, he explained. In those highly suseptible to stings the reaction usually takes the form of shock, Mr. Cant-well Cant-well said, and the victim should be given first aid care for shock the head should be lowered and victim covered and kept warm. In some rare instances, in-stances, beathing also becomes labored or stops entirely, and in these cases artificial respiration res-piration should be tried immediately. im-mediately. Mouth-to-mouth respiration is best, because it is quickest, and speed is essential, Mr. Cant-well Cant-well said. In all instances where the victim of a sting has a severe reaction, a physician should be called immediately. Sting-dealing insects prefer to be let alone, and are likely to sting only when they feel threatened, especially near their nests, he added. These are in hedges and other shrubbery and under the eaves or in attics at-tics of houses. For the majority of persons, |