A few years ago I got 'tennis elbow' (a form of arthritis) after some energetic gardening. I had had it before and so recognised it. On the previous occasion it had lasted for months and I had to wear a clasp around the arm supposedly to ease the tendon but it didn't have much effect. Eventually the doctor gave me a painful cortisone injection which did the trick. The second time, as soon as I could, I went to a beehive, obtained a worker and applied the sharp end to the painful point of the elbow. I kept it there for a full 2 minutes so as to obtain the maximum dose of venom. It was painful and the joint reddened and swelled a little for a couple of days, but when it had gone, so was the tennnis elbow, and it didn't come back. Chris *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html