Show sti sting ng of honey bee A cure for rheumatism new york the sting f from rom the plain or garden variety of the honey boney bred bee is used success f uly at roosevelt hospital hospit fil for or ih the e treatment of rheum rheumatism dr arthur W swann sw ann graduate of the college of physicians handsur geons and a native of massachusetts is conducting the experiments fler them after recalling in the legend of his boyhood dagg that a bee sting was a pre feht bentive I 1 ve of rhe rheumatism pains discussing discussion the method and re sulest dr swann says 1 I have tried the bee treatment on four obstinate cases and at least two have resulted in a temporary lemp improvement in each e case I 1 think this is based on 41 1 the fact that the sting causes a coun counter terii ri tation or that bat the pe uliar culiar poison odthe of the bee sting act as an 1 antidote to the uric acid which causes rheumatism it is too early yet to say anything a ny about the ultimate result of my I 1 hope hape to try it on some 60 or 70 patients before I 1 come to any dafin definite ite con elusion but as far as it has gone I 1 am well satisfied with the experiment peri ment |