Oct. 1, 1911 



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Fred W. Math, of Cincinnati, demonstrating that bee-stings cure rlieuniatisui. 



STINGS AND RHEUMATISM. 



A Rheumatic Man so Helped by Bee-stings as to be 

 Able to Walli Without a Cane. 



BY J. R. SCHMIDT. 



One of the most interesting experiments 

 ever to be performed anywhere is that now 

 taking place in Cincinnati, where a colony 

 of bees is being used to cure a case of chronic 

 rheumatism. That the sting of the honey- 

 bee is a sure cure for rheumatism is being 

 proven in the presence of many prominent 

 physicians and representatives of the press. 



This unusual treatment for rheumatism 

 is being performed upon John Renner, of 

 Cincinnati, who has been afflicted with the 

 dread rheumatism for years, but now for the 

 first time in years can walk about most 

 sprightly without the aid of his cane. This 

 wonderful improvement, the physicians 

 say, is due to the formic acid, injected into 

 the patient's system by the stinging bees, 

 acting as a counter-irritant, and nullifying 

 the rheumatic pains. 



John Renner is a most willing patient to 

 the unique treatment, though he has never 

 before been stung by a bee. In spite of all 

 this he takes the stings unflinchingly; and, 

 sharp and acute as the pain is, he declares 

 it is a pain of relief compared to the dull 

 and incessant pains of his rheumatism. 

 Twice each week the patient visits the api- 

 ary of Fred W. Muth, and is stung by the 

 bees from three to five times at each of these 

 treatments. The stings are applied by Muth 

 to Renner's rheumatic arms and body where 

 the rheumatism is most noticeable. The 

 experiment with the bee-sting cure has been 

 going on for two weeks, and the patient has 

 just received 17 stings to date, which have 

 transformed him from hobbling about on a 

 cane to one who can walk almost as spright- 

 ly as any one. 



Physicians who are watching the case de- 

 clare that the formic acid will soon inocu- 

 late his entire system, and the rheumatic 

 pains, due entirely to a poison in the sys- 

 tem, will give way entirely to the poison of 

 the bee-stings. 



Cincinnati, O. 



