60 APIS MELLinCA; OR, 



solution of Aconite in the same manner as the Apis, 

 and give these two medicines in alternate table- 

 spoonful doses every hour. After these two solu- 

 tions are finished, and the first assault of the disease 

 has been controlled, we give a globule of Kali 30, 

 and permit it to act for twenty -four hours. After 

 this period we again give Apis every hour, two or 

 three hours, as above, until the pains cease, after 

 which Kali is allowed to act until the disease is 

 entirely cured. 



If suppuration and caries of the joint have already 

 set in, no matter whether the pus has found an out- 

 let in the region of the joint itself, or burrows down 

 the thigh to find an outlet somewhere else, Kali is 

 no longer sufficient, Silicea has to be exhibited ; it 

 is more homoeopathic to caries than other anti-pso- 

 rics. We give a globule of Silicea 30, and allow it 

 to act for two or three days, after which a drop of 

 Apis 8, is repeated morning and night, until the 

 pains — which may require a more frequent exhibi- 

 tion of the drug — cease, and a healthy pus is se- 

 creted. After this change is accomplished, Silicea 

 is sufficient to complete the healing of the osseous 

 disorganization, and should be left undisturbed to 

 the end of the treatment. 



I have found this simple proceeding so perfectly 

 efficient in this dreadful malady that the fever was 

 speedily controlled, and rendered harmless, the in- 

 flammation was scattered without leaving a trace 

 behind, the secretion ichor was transformed into 

 that of healthy pus, and the disorganization of the 

 joint was prevented ; the limb, even after it had 



