42 APIS MELLIFICA; OR, 



ting it to act uninterruptedly from one to three 

 days, according as the disease was more or less 

 acute, after wMch I again exhibited Apis in the 

 manner previously indicated. In this way I suc- 

 ceeded in developing the curative powers of Apis, so 

 that in a few days a gradual improvement, however 

 slight, became perceptible to the careful observer. 

 As soon as the improvement is well marked, all 

 repetition of the medicine should cease, and the 

 natural reaction of the organism should be per- 

 mitted to complete the cure. Any one who is 

 acquainted with the action of the Kali, must know 

 that it continues without being interrupted by Apis. 

 An invaluable blessing of Nature ! 



This proceeding is crowned with the desired 

 results; the convalescence is shorter and easier, 

 and there is less danger of serious sequelas, which, 

 according to all experience, are so common in com- 

 plicated cases of scarlatina, otorrhoea and suppura- 

 tion of the parotid glands are generally avoided 

 under this treatment without any other aid, or, if 

 it is impossible to avert such changes, they generally 

 come to a speedy and safe end. This treatment 

 likewise keeps off dropsy and its dangers. 



In cases where the secretion of llaclc urine shows 

 that the liver is deeply involved in the disease, 

 Apis is powerless. These are the only exceptions 

 to the curative power of this drug. Here we are 

 told by our law of cure, that the sphere of Lachesis 

 commences. We give one or two globules of La- 

 chesis 30 in seven dessert-spoonfuls of water, a des- 



