130 FLORA HOMMOPATHICA. 
we will not give a precise denomination, that we may not lose 
ourselves in the clouds, where our observations are no longer 
based upon experience, and we are liable to errors of imagina- 
tion. 
“As I have said, from experience, Camphor removes the too 
powerful effects of a large number of medicines, whether they 
have been given unsuitably or in too large doses, but this it 
commonly does only in virtue of its primitive action, and simply 
as a palliative. Therefore, when it is employed for this pur- 
pose, it must be repeated frequently, in small doses, every five 
or fifteen minutes ; or if the necessity be urgent, every two or 
three minutes should be given a drop of the saturated alcoholic 
solution, the eighth part of a grain mixed with two drachms of 
pure water; or it may be as well to inhale the solution every 
few minutes. A grain of Camphor dissolved in eight drops of 
alcohol will unite with 400 grains of tepid water, and by shak- 
ing, a complete solution is obtained, notwithstanding the opinion 
of the authors of the Materia Medica, who assert that Camphor 
is insoluble in water. 
“The rapidity with which the action of Camphor passes off, 
and its symptoms succeed each other, make it unfit for the cure 
of chronic complaints. 
“As the inflammation of the skin called erysipelas (which 
spreads in rays of a clear, red tint, and disappears for the 
moment under the pressure of the finger) is only one symptom ~ 
of disease, proceeding from internal causes, and as Camphor 
applied to the skin has somewhat of a similar effect, the local 
application of it may be useful in disorders that come on rapidly, 
accompanied by erysipelas, provided there is analogy between 
| ite symptoms and those of the complaint. 
ae the Siberian influenza, Camphor given as soon as ixiceh : 
: haat: takes place, acts only as a palliative, but is valuable, be- 
cause it is a complaint of short duration. It is then given in 
frequent doses, gradually increased. It does not diminish the 
— of the disease, but greatly lessens i its vee and brings 
