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arm ; red streaks along the lymphatic vessels, pro- 

 ceeding from the sting along the middle finger and 

 arm ; inflammatory swelling, spreading all around. 

 1181 : throbbing in the swelling. 1182 : wide- 

 spread cellular inflammation, terminating in resolu- 

 tion. 122-4, 1225 : swelling and erysipelatous red- 

 ness ; erysipelatous redness of the toes and feet." 



If we add to these remarks, that Apis corresponds 

 to gastric and typhoid conditions, as was shown be- 

 fore, with remarkable similarity of symptoms, we 

 find, without doubt, that all known erysipelatous 

 forms of inflammation are covered by the patho- 

 genetic effects of Apis. Hence we may with pro- 

 priety give Apis in these affections. Practical 

 experience has abundantly confirmed these conclu- 

 sions. For the last four years, I have cured readily, 

 safely and easily all forms of erysipelas which have 

 come under my notice — cedematous, smooth, vesi- 

 cular, light or dark colored, seated or wandering, 

 phlegmonous, recent or habitually recurring, of a 

 light or inveterate character, repelled, among indi- 

 viduals of every disposition and age. I have never 

 seen all kinds of pain yield more readily ; I have 

 never seen the accompanying fever abate more 

 speedily ; I have never arrested the further spread 

 of erysipelas, nor effected a resolution of the inflam- 

 mation of the cellular tissue, more certainly ; nor, 

 if the termination in suppuration was no longer 

 avoidable, have I ever suceeded in effecting the 

 formation of laudable pus, the spontaneous dis- 

 charge of the pus, the radical healing of the sore 

 without any scar — how important is all this in ery- 



