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dose witliout interference. The immediate conse- 

 quence of this proceeding, is to bring the eruption 

 out in a few hours, all over the skin, with abatement 

 of the fever and general perspiration, after which 

 the eruption runs its course in a few days, with a 

 progressive feeling of convalescence, the epidermis 

 peels off from the third to the fifth day, and, at the 

 latest, to the seventh day, with cessation of the fever, 

 so that the process of desquamation is generally ter- 

 minated withia the next seven days, after which the 

 patient may he fairly said to he convalescent, and the 

 patient may he said to he ahsolutely freed from all dan- 

 ger of consecutive diseases. 



The same result is obtained by nature in cases of 

 mild scarlatina, without the interference of art. But 

 the experience which I have had an opportunity of 

 making during my long official employment as 

 district-physician, has convinced me that Nature 

 accomplishes her end far more easily, more speedily 

 and satisfactorily, if assisted by art in accordance 

 with the law of homoeopathy. The sequelse espe- 

 cially are rendered less dangerous by this means. 



But if the disease sets in with a considerable 

 degree of intensity at the very outset, and the fever 

 continues without abatement, it is advisable to keep 

 up a medicinal impression by repeating the dose. 

 To this end we dissolve a globule of Apis 30, in 

 seven dessert-spoonfuls of water, by shaking the 

 solution vigorously in a corked vial, and giving a 

 dessert-spooniul every three, six, or twelve hours 

 as the case may require. In all ordinary cases a 

 single solution of this kind sufficed to subdue the 



