Cure for Rheumatism.
It has long been a popular idea in certain rural districts that the stinging of bees was a cure for rheumatism. The remedy is of so heroic a nature, however, that most people prefer to suffer from the rheumatism rather than expose themselves to the tender mercies of a svvarm of bees, A prominent Viennese physician, who has been experimenting, announces that it is a fact that bee stings will cute the disease mentioned. The poison injected by the bee by tho act of stinging is said to render the human system proof against the attacks of rheumacism.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 452, 8 March 1890, Page 4
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101Cure for Rheumatism. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 452, 8 March 1890, Page 4
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