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character of intermittents and their disorganizing 

 tendency. 



In such cases, a cure cannot be effected without 

 some suitable anti-psoric. During the prevailing 

 fever, Natrum muriaticum has proved such an anti- 

 psoric, pr6vided it was used as follows : If the signs 

 of psoric complication became visible at the outset, 

 I gave a pellet of Natrum mur. 30, and awaited 

 the result until after the third paroxysm. If symp- 

 toms of improvement had become manifest, no other 

 remedy was given, and the improvement was per- 

 mitted to progress from day to day. If the signs 

 of psoric complication were obscure at the begin- 

 ning of the attack. Apis was at once given. If no 

 improvement became visible after the third parox- 

 ysm, or if other symptoms developed themselves, 

 this was looked upon as a proof of the existence of 

 psora, and Natrum mur. 30 was given, aud no other 

 remedy, until after the third paroxysm. Either the 

 disease had ceased, or it required further treatment. 

 In the latter case, Apis 3 was continued in drop- 

 doses, morning and evening, until the patient was 

 decidedly convalescent. No further medicine was 

 given after this, and the Natrum mur. was per- 

 mitted to act undisturbed, without a single repeti- 

 tion. Every such repetition is hurtful ; it disturbs 

 the curative process, excites an excess of reaction in 

 the organism, exhausts it, and develops artificial 

 derangements, which often mislead the judgment, 

 and induce an uncalled-for and improper applica- 

 tion of remedial means. Such repetitions are 

 unnecessary; any one who is acquainted with the 



