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powerful curative influence under the circumstances. 

 The rules of administering this potency are the 

 same as those for the exhibition of the 30th. 



Not only does Apis afford help in the affections 

 which habitually and most generally occur among 

 us ; it is likewise in curative rapport with the 



Ttphoid-gasteic conditions which dbvelope 

 themselves during the oouese of aw erysipe- 

 latous or exanthematous cutaneous affec- 

 tion, more particularly scarlatina, rubeola, 

 measles and urticaria. 



The use of Apis in erysipelas is indicated by 

 Nos. 168, 169 : great anxiety in the head, with 

 swelling of the face; inflammatory swelling and 

 twitching so violent, that an apoplectic attack is 

 dreaded. 175 to 178 : sensation as if the head were 

 too large; swelling of the head; sensitiveness to 

 contact on the vertex, forehead; burning, stinging 

 about the head. 292: erysipelatous inflammation 

 of the eyelids. 295 : after the most violent pains 

 of the right eye, a bluish, red, whitish swelling of 

 both eyes, which were closed in consequence. 297 : 

 swelling under the eyes during erysipelas, as when 

 stung by a bee. 316: red swelling of both ears, 

 with a stinging and burning pain in the swelling, 

 with redness of the face every evening. 356 : ery- 

 sipelas spreading across the face, and proceeding 

 from the eyes. 359 : tension in the face, awakening 

 her about one o'clock, the nose was swollen, so were 

 the right eye and cheek, stinging pain when touch- 

 ing the part ; under the right eye, and proceeding 

 from the nose, red streaks spread across the cheek, 



