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Magnification of a bee sting given to a woman to treat her arthritis in Dr. Raymond L. Carey's laboratory, Los Angeles, November 9, 1941

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Title: Magnification of a bee sting given to a woman 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.
Magnification of a woman's bee sting, which was administered by Dr. Raymond L. Carey to treat her arthritis. Dr. Carey’s laboratory 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 the venom from a honeybee sting.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Dr. RL Carey
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Bees - used for treatment of arthritis by Carey, R.L., Dr.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz002800vb
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Arthritis
Hand lenses
Healing--California--Los Angeles
Bees--California
Science
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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