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rlioea, and the painfulness of the abdomen, disap- 

 pear ; quiet sleep sets in, with general perspiration, 

 which terminates the fever, and affords great relief; 

 after waking, the patient is comforted by the inter- 

 nal sensation of returning health ; a natural appe- 

 tite is again felt, the strength returns, and in a few 

 days the healthy look of the tongue and buccal 

 cavity shows that the mucous membrane of the sto- 

 mach and bowels has recovered its normal quality. 

 The longer help is deferred, the longer time the 

 morbid process has had in making its inroads upon 

 the system, the more frequently will it be necessary 

 to repeat the medicine, until a cure is achieved. 



The same good result is perceived, if the morbid 

 process is accompanied by furuncles, urticaria, ery- 

 sipelas — the latter principally on the head and in 

 the face, less frequently upon the extremities, and 

 inclining to shift from one place to another. Such 

 a combination of symptoms not only shows a higher 

 degree of intensity of the disease, but also shows 

 that the organism is still capable of battling against 

 the internal disease, by compelling it to leave the 

 interior tissue, and to develop itself externally. It 

 is the first business of the physician to support the 

 organism in this tendency, and to guard the brain 

 and bowels from every destructive relapse. Apis, 

 employed as above, accomplishes this result more 

 speedily than any other drug. Of course, a few 

 days are required for this purpose, although the 

 rules of using the drug and the course of treatment 

 are the same. 



The same observation applies to the not unfre- 



