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different treatment, Apia removes them as speedily 

 as possible. 



In all lighter cases, it is sufficient to give a drop 

 of Apis 3, morning and evening, during the apy- 

 rexia, and to continue this treatment until the 

 attacks cease ; very often no other paroxysm sets in 

 after the first dose ; there are scarcely ever more 

 than two or three paroxysms. In a few days the 

 cure is accomplished, provided the action of the 

 medicine is not disturbed. 



In more obstinate cases, which had been coming 

 on for a longer period, or had been caused by more 

 noxious influences, had lasted longer, had invaded 

 the organism with more intensity, or where the 

 paroxysms last longer and the intermissions are 

 shorter, or where two paroxysms occur in succes- 

 sion, or the life of the organism is endangered by 

 some cause or other, — ^the organism has to be satu- 

 rated with the medicine in the shortest possible 

 period, in order to ensure victory to the curative 

 agent. Under these circumstances, we prepare a 

 solution of from two to four drops of the third 

 potency in twelve tablespoonfuls of water, shake it 

 well in a closed bottle, and give a tablespoonful of 

 this solution every hour. If the case should be 

 urgent, we may give a drop of Apis 3, on sugar, 

 every three or six hours. This treatment is to be 

 continued until the patient is decidedly better ; after 

 which the medicine should be discontinued. K the 

 improvement is not quite satisfactory, the last dose 

 is continued several times every twelve or twenty- 

 four hours, after which the proper effect will have 



