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Honeybee stinging a woman's shoulder to treat her arthritis in Dr. Raymond L. Carey's laboratory, Los Angeles, November 9, 1941

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Title: Honeybee stinging a woman's shoulder to treat her arthritis in Dr. Raymond L. Carey's laboratory, Los Angeles, November 9, 1941
Date Created and/or Issued: November 9, 1941
1941-11-09
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Dr. Raymond L. Carey holds a honeybee with a forceps, allowing it to sting the patient’s shoulder. Dr. Carey’s laboratory in Hollywood was one of a half dozen places in the world that used honeybee venom to treat arthritis. One of the causes of arthritis is a lack of oxidation which is stimulated by bee venom.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Bees - used for treatment of arthritis by Carey, R.L., Dr.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Dr RL Carey
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz002800q8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Arthritis
Healing--California--Los Angeles
Animals
Science
Bees--California
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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