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nicum to all other anti-psorio remedies in this dis- 

 ease. But inasmuch as the keenest observer may 

 overlook the right moment when the psoric poison 

 begins to operate, it is well to forestall the enemy 

 at the very commencement, which may be done 

 with the more propriety, the more certainly we 

 know that these two remedies, Apis and the anti- 

 psoric, not only not counteract, but mutually sup- 

 port each other from the beginning to the end of 

 the treatment. After many experiments, I have 

 hit upon the following course as the most proper : 



If the limping, as is often the case in the severest 

 forms of the disease, sets in gradually, almost im- 

 perceptibly and without much pain, I give at once 

 a globule of Kali carbonicum 30. As a general 

 rule, this one dose is sufficient to arrest the further 

 development of the disease, and to award all danger 

 so completely, that one, who is unacquainted with 

 the nature of the malady, feels disposed to assert 

 that it never existed. But if the pains continue, 

 and are accompanied with fever, I resort to Apis 3, 

 after Kali had been allowed to act for a day or two, 

 mixing a drop in twelve tablespoonfuls of water, 

 and giving a dose every hour, or every two or three 

 hours, according as the pains come on more or less 

 frequently. This treatment is continued until the 

 patient is quieted, after which the two remedies are 

 permitted to act without any further repetition of 

 the medicine. 



If the inflammation of the joint sets in suddenly 

 and with a violent fever, as is often the case after 

 violent commotions, castigations, etc., we prepare a 



