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and tbis proceeding is continued with an increas- 

 ingly rapid success and a continued abatement of 

 all sufferings, until, finally, a perfect recovery is 

 obtained, even under these disadvantageous cir- 

 cumstances. 



Apis is not sufficient to prevent the recurrence of 

 such inflammatory attacks; this object has to be 

 accomplished by means of the appropriate antidotal 

 specific. 



Apis becomes an exceedingly useful remedy in con- 

 seqtience of the specific power which it possesses over 

 the whole internal mucous membrane and its ap- 

 pendages. 



It is particularly the mucous membrane of the 

 alimentary canal upon which Apis has a striking 

 influence. It excites an inflammatory irritation, 

 which not only disturbs the secretion of mucus, 

 but also disintegrates the intestinal juices so essen- 

 tial to the process of sanguification, thus disqualify- 

 ing the blood from properly contributing to the 

 reproduction of the nervous tissue. By thus alter- 

 ing the blood and nerves, these two principal 

 vehicles of vitality, it develops a group of symp- 

 toms which is exceedingly similar to our abdo- 

 minal typhus that seems to have become stationary 

 among us for the last twenty years. This simi- 

 larity, in its totality, results from the following 

 symptoms contained in the "American Provings." 



" 398 : troublesome pains in the gums. 400: the 

 gums bleed readily. 402 : bitterish taste in the 

 back part of the tongue and in the throat. 405 : 

 tongue as if burnt. 406 : tongue and palate feel 



