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rash ; after the rash disappeared, the whole of the 

 right side was paralyzed, with violent delirium even 

 unto rage ; after taking Apis the eruption appeared 

 in abundance, and the delirium abated. 



These provings have been abundantly confirmed 

 by my own experience. The use of Apis in these 

 eruptions has been followed in my hands by the 

 most satisfactory results; and I feel justified in 

 recommending Apis as a most efficient remedy in 

 these diseases, which are still wrapt in a good deal 

 of obscurity. An additional source of satisfaction 

 to have obtained more means of relieving human 

 sufiering. The experienced Neuman writes, in his 

 Special Therapeutics, 2d Edit., Vol. I., Section 2, 

 p. 681, about urticaria: "Howsoever unimportant 

 a single eruption of urticaria may be, it becomes 

 disagreeable and troublesome by its constant repe- 

 tition, which is not dangerous, but exceedingly dis- 

 turbing. It would be desirable to be acquainted 

 with a safe method of curing this eruption, but so 

 far, it has been sought for in vain." The same 

 physician, speaking of pemphigus, writes in the 

 same place, that its etiology, prognosis and treat- 

 ment, are still very dubious ; that it leads to exten- 

 sive chronic sufferings, and often terminates fatally ; 

 and that no specific remedy is known for this disease. 

 The more frequent opportunities we have of observ- 

 ing both these diseases in different individuals, the 

 more frequently we observe them in conjunction 

 with serious chronic maladies characterized by some 

 specific chronic miasm, or in conjunction with the 

 most penetrating and disturbing emotions, such as 



