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Title
Honeybee stinging a patient's arm to treat 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 forearm. 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 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/zz002800wv
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Arthritis
Healing--California--Los Angeles
Animals
Science
Bees--California
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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