30 APIS MELLIFICA; OE, 



been obtained. If the progressive improvement of 

 the patient should be attended with distinct morbid 

 symptoms, it would be injurious to continue the 

 repetition of the drug. Nevertheless, a globule of 

 Apis 30 may sometimes hasten the convalescence 

 of the patient, and otherwise afford relief. Signs of 

 reaction, even if more or less violent, should not 

 deceive one. If left to themselves, they are often 

 and speedily followed by a refreshing calm, and 

 cannot be interfered with, as an aggravation of the 

 symptoms, without damaging the case. 



These are all the rules which I have so far been 

 able to infer from my use of Apis. Further expe- 

 rience will have to decide whether they apply to all 

 periods, or only to the prevailing type of fever. 



I am unable to say whether Apis will prove 

 effectual against epidemic marsh-intermittents, and 

 if so, how the use of it will have to be modified. 

 May it please those, who can shed light on this sub- 

 ject, to communicate their experience ! 



Two other exceptions to Apis, as a universal 

 febrifuge, have occurred to me in my practice : 

 The development of fever and ague in poisoned soil, 

 and fever and ague complicated with Ghina-cachexia. 



It is peculiar to intermittent fever to excite the 

 morbid germs which are slumbering in the organ- 

 ism. This is more particularly true in reference to 

 psora. In proportion to the universality of the 

 psoric miasm, fever and ague will develop and 

 complicate itself with psoric affections ; and it is 

 such complications that give rise to the inveterate 



