54 APIS mellifica; or, 



tortures inlierent in this malady. This result is 

 most certainly accomplished by means of Apis. 



If panaritia are the result of excessive doses of 

 Sulphur, Apis meets our case perfectly. In hun- 

 dreds of cases panaritia spring up and will continue 

 to spring up from such a source, as long as the 

 world continues to live in darkness, and to reject 

 the rays of truth which the genius of Hahnemann 

 has sent forth among the benighted understandings 

 of his fellow beings. Notwithstanding Hahne- 

 mann's teachings concerning the medicinal power 

 of Sulphur, which the world has now been in pos- 

 session of for years, and which the most thoughtful 

 minds have accepted as a truth, the true friend of 

 man has still to weep over the quantities of Sulphur 

 which all apothecaries sell to any one at his option ; 

 hsemorrhoidal patients continue to swallow Sulphur 

 from day to day ; almost every body, from the child 

 up to the old man, who is affected with catarrh, 

 swallows the so-termed pulmonary powders which 

 contain Sulphur, and of which relief is expected; 

 whole legions repair every year to the Sulphur 

 Springs ; young and old use sulphur-baths at home ; 

 all over the world, the itch, which is a very com- 

 mon disease, is removed by means of a sulphur 

 ointment, &c. One of the evil consequences of this 

 ignorance, which particularly oppresses the laboring 

 class, is the artificial development of panaritia ; the 

 more frequently these occur, the more necessary it 

 is to employ speedy and safe means for their exter- 

 mination. In such a case we can no longer depend 

 iipon Sulphur, of which we cannot possibly know 



