Bee Stings
Sir,—Would someone in the medical profession please say whether there is any truth in the statement that people who work with bees and who eat honey and get stung occasionally “never get rheumatoid arthritis or cancer.” Has any research been done on the subject? If not, why not?— Yours, ete., GETTING STUNG. April 3, 1968. [The district Medical Officer of Health (Dr L. F. Jepson) replies: “There has been a I widespread belief that repeated exposure to bee stings | protects people from rheumatism. Bee venom has been
used in the United Kingdom therapeutically and still remains in the Supplementary Pharmacopoeia, but there is no evidence at all that this is effective. The Empire Rheumatism Council conducts extensive research and international congresses are held every two years to enable clinicists and research workers to exchange research information on rheumatism.”]
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31653, 13 April 1968, Page 12
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