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
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b&w nitrate negative
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Arthritis Healing--California--Los Angeles Animals Science Bees--California
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