A second case, which occurred
in June, 1811, is also mentioned by Mease. A vigorous man was
stung in the septum of the nose by a bee. Supported by a friend
he walked to his house, a few steps distant, and lay down. He
rose immediately to go to the well, stepped a few paces, fell,
and expired. It was thirty minutes from the time of the accident
to the man's death. A third case is reported by the same author
from Kentucky. A man of thirty-five was stung on the right
superior palpebrum, and died in twenty minutes. Mease reports a
fourth ease from Connecticut, in which a man of twenty-six was
stung by a bee on the tip of the nose. He recovered after
treatment with ten-grain doses of Dover's Powder, and persistent
application of plantain leaves. A fifth case was that of a farmer
in Pennsylvania who was stung in the left side of the throat by a
wasp which he had swallowed in drinking cider. Notwithstanding
medical treatment, death ensued twenty-seven hours afterward. A
sixth case, which occurred in October, 1834, is given by the same
author. A middle-aged man was stung by a yellow wasp on the
middle finger of the right hand, and died in less than twenty
minutes after having received his wound.
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