RHUS POISONING THROUGH BEE STINGS.
Quite an epidemic of a peculiar form of “rhus” poisoning is at present going the round in Wanganui. Tn cases that have received medical treatment this poisoning has always followed a sting from a bee. in several instances the part stung swelling very quickly, and causing a good deal of jrain. The inference drawn as to the cause is that, at this time of the year, the rhus lotmus (smoke plant) is in flower, and. the tree being very poisonous, the bees, in collecting their pollen, gather a certain amount of the poison, whreh makes them very vicious, and accounts for their unnatural energy in attacking people. The shrub that is the cause of all the trouble is a well-known and very popular ornamental tree.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 5, 31 January 1912, Page 40
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130RHUS POISONING THROUGH BEE STINGS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 5, 31 January 1912, Page 40
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