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rUEUNCLES AND CARBUNCLES 



are likewise cured by Apis in the speediest and 

 easiest manner. 



We find the following symptomatic indications in 

 the American Provings : 682, painful pimple, sup- 

 purating in the middle, with red areola; painful 

 like a boil, in the hairy region on the left side 

 above the os pubis, continuing painful for several 

 days; 1196, furuncles with stinging pains; 844, 

 845, violent, stinging, burning pain at a small spot 

 on the left side, in the lower region of the nape of 

 the neck ; also on the back part of the head ; swell- 

 ing at the nape of the neck, so that the head is 

 pressed forward towards the chest; 1222, dark 

 bluish-red painful swellings, with general malaise; 

 1167, acute pain and erysipelatous swelling, very 

 hard and pale in the centre." 



Apis has been a popular remedy for boils from 

 time immemorial ; the people have been in the 

 habit of covering boils with honey, more particu- 

 larly honey in which a bee had perished. 



Apis, homceopathically prepared, is better adapted 

 to such an end than honey. A few drops of Apis 3, 

 shaken with twelve table-spoonfuls of water, a table- 

 spoonful of this solution ererj three hours, gene- 

 rally relieves the pain in a short period, promotes 

 suppuration, effects the discharge of the decayed 

 cellular tissue, and a speedy cure of the furuncle. 



If furuncles incline to become carbunculous, the 



