APIS. 



Apis in Rheumatism. — Dr. Felter, in the American Dispensator'_ 

 gives the following suggestions concerning the use of Specific Mec 

 icine Apis in the treatment of rheumatism, instead of by the dire( 

 sting : 



That- form of rheumatism having the peculiar symptoms otherwis 

 indicating apis, will be found to respond oftentimes to this remedy. W 

 have known of well authenticated cases where individuals suffering froi 

 rheumatism have been cured of that complaint after having been severel 

 stung by the hive-bee. We do not recommend this form of hypodermat 

 injection, but prescribe for rheumatic conditions with blanched puffinei 

 and the peculiar stinging pain, as follows: 



R Sp. Med. Apis, gtt v, 



Water 3iv. 



M. Sig. Teaspoonful every two or three hours. 



— American Dispensatory (Felter-Lloyd), Vol. I. 



Treatment of Bee Sting. — Ammonia water applied to the pai 

 stung is useful. Bruised green stramonium leaves is a domestic ren 

 edy. Libradol is the best palliative known to us. Plastered over tl 

 stung part, it gives instant relief. Remove the sting if it is left in tl 

 flesh and at once cover the part with Libradol. The pain disappea: 

 and the swelling quickly subsides. 



HONEY (MEL) AND WAX (CERA). 



Both honey and wax are employed in medicine and in pharmac; 

 having been, in former times, very important. At present, sugar an 

 glycerin have largely displaced honey as a sweeteiiing agent, whil 

 the many uses ascribed to it in ancient and mediaeval therapy ai 

 now forgotten and unknown. Wax has also been largely displaced b 

 paraffin aijd spermaceti, whilst petroleum greases and paraffins hav 

 rendered wax cerates and ointments unnecessary. There is no reaso 

 why honey should not be considered as possessed of as varying enei 

 getic qualities as is true of its many flavors. Whoever has eaten of tli 

 renowned honey of Athens, made from the mountain flowers of Greeci 

 or the fragrant white clover honey of America, and contrasts therewil 

 the insipidly sweet honey made by syrup-fed bees, will certify to tl 

 marked differences in flavor. It is well known that the flowers of tli 

 jassamine and poppy are possessed of narcotic properties, and the'si 

 combined with the products of organic life processes imparted by tli 

 bee uhder peculiar conditions, are sufficient to render this a ration; 

 conclusion. Indeed, naturally medicated honeys are on record, c 

 which the following is a sample: 



"Honey Mad." — In the flowering season of the opium poppy, bes 

 make a honey possessed of narcotic qualities, such honey being known i 

 "Mad Honey." Partakers of it wander aimlessly about, talk incoherent! 

 and appear crazy. It^ is not a soporific, seemingly having quite differei 

 qualities from morphine. That the affection is not serious, however, 

 evidenced by the fact that, in Harput, Turkey, when Mrs. Thomas H. No: 

 ton, wife of the American consul, inquired what possessed a man under ii 

 influence, the reply was to the effect that he was only "Honey Mad." — Jol 

 Uri Lloyd, "A Treatise on Opium," igo8. 



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