APIS. 



or anemia. Judgment and reason must be exercised in the treatment of 

 disease, and we should not expect to cure dropsy when caused by incurable 

 lesions. Yet some cases have been cured by apis and iron, in which there 

 was evident heart complications, as shown by cardiac irregularity, palpita- 

 tion, dyspnea, anemia, and great general distress, with tissues soft, pit- 

 ting deeply upon pressure. 



"Apis will relieve edema when there is smarting, burning, and itching 

 in the parts. It will relieve the smarting, burning, and itching in chronic 

 leg ulcers, if the parts are edematous. Conjunctivitis with burning, smart- 

 ing, and itching in the eyelids and surrounding tissues, if accompanied by 

 edema, will be relieved by apis. Apis will relieve like conditions in erysip- 

 elas. It will relieve these symptoms in the urethra when accompanied 

 by edema in any part of the body. It is not so effective in gonorrheal 

 smarting, nor in cystic irritation, nor in irritation from acrid leucorrheal 

 discharges, but it will sometimes afford relief. 



"This remedy is recommended by many writers for various conditions, 

 and has been used at intervals for almost a century. I have never found 

 it of any special value in any condition, unless there was edema with 

 burning, smarting, and itching. With these indications, no matter what 

 the disease, it has been found effective." — Watkins' Compendium of the Practice 

 of Medicine. 



By John W. Fyfe, M. D.: 



"Apis is a very efficient remedy in retention of urine, and in some 

 cases of irritation of the urethra; also for inflammation of subcutaneous 

 structures, with tensive and lancinating pains, and in irritation of the skin. 



"I have seen a number of cases of disease in women, characterized 

 by sensations of heat and burning pains in the bladder and course of the 

 urethra, with frequent desire to micturate. These have been promptly 

 relieved by the use of specific apis, and in two cases of chronic disease 

 of long standing a permanent cure was effected, following the relief of 

 these unpleasant symptoms. A peculiar, burning pain, that one associates 

 with the sting of the bee, is the indication. 



"Apis is particularly useful in post-scarlatinal dropsy, when there is 

 a blanched puffiness of the skin and the peculiar burning or stinging of 

 the surface. We have no better remedy for simple uncomplicated urti- 

 caria, with intense itching and soreness, than specific apis in fractional 

 doses. The direct indication for apis is constant desire, but inability to 

 urinate freely, the urine being deep red." — Fyfe's Specific Diagnosis and Specific 

 Medication. 



By A. F. Stephens, M. D.: 



"Apis, Specific Indications — Itching, with burning of any part; hot, 

 dry, burning, and itching surfaces, suppression and retention of urine; con- 

 stant desire to urinate, with inability to do so; irritation of the urethra, with 

 burning, stinging pain. Indications for apis are frequently seen in diseases 

 of the bladder and urethra. Women are sometimes afflicted with sensations 

 of heat and burning pains in the bladder and urethra, accompanied by an 

 almost constant desire to pass the urine. In this unpleasant condition apis 

 is a most efficient remedy.. In amenorrhea, menorrhagia, and leucorrhea, 

 with acute congestion of the ovaries, it is a good remedy. 



"Dose. — 5 to 20 minims of the Specific Medicine are added' to four 



ounces of water, and a teaspoonful administered every one or two hours." 



Stephens' The Essentials of Medical Gynecology. 



By H. T. Webster, M. D.: 



Apis. — The poison of the honey bee possesses valuable therapeutic 

 properties, and some of these are directed to the urinary tract. In irrita- 



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