BEE AND WASP STINGS—HOW TO SOOTHE THEM

A beekeeper advises those who are around bees should have a small bottle

of tincture of myrrh. As soon as one is stung apply a little of the

tincture to the sting, when the pain and swelling cease. It will also

serve well for bites of spiders and poisonous reptiles. If an onion be

scraped and the juicy part applied to the sting of wasps or bees the

pain will be relieved quickly. Ammonia applied to a bite from a

poisonous snake, or any poisonous animal, or sting of an insect, will

give immediate relief and will go far toward completely curing the

injury. It is one of the most convenient caustics to apply to the bite

of a mad dog.