14 APIS mellifica; ok, 



The more frequently we make use of Apis in the 

 treatment of these very common forms of angina, 

 and of the inflammation of the salivary glands, 

 which are so closely connected with the other parts 

 of the throat, the more we become convinced by 

 the most striking success, that this drug is by far 

 the speediest, safest and easiest remedy which we 

 possess for the treatment of these exceedingly com- 

 mon and yet so very distressing affections. Not 

 only in common affections of this sort, but also in 

 the most acute and dangerous forms of angina 

 faucium, will Apis be found ef&cient ; even where 

 these affections are hereditary, or have become ha- 

 bitual, and generally terminate in suppuration. 

 Apis will still afford help. In these affections 

 likewise Apis acts most promptly and efficiently, 

 if given in alternation with Aconite, both remedies 

 in the third dilution, a few drops dissolved in 

 twelve tablespoonfuls of water, in alternate hourly 

 doses. After taking a few doses, the patient begins 

 to feel relieved, enjoys a quiet sleep, and the re- 

 solution of the inflammation takes place, accom- 

 panied by the breaking out of a general perspira- 

 tion. If there should be a natural tendency to 

 suppuration, this treatment will hasten it from hour 

 to hour, and after the pus is discharged, a cure 

 will soon be accomplished. In the most inveterate 

 cases, which had been previously treated in a dif- 

 ferent manner, the same curative process takes 

 place gradually ; first one outbreak of the disease 

 is hushed; next, if another portion of the throat 

 becomes inflamed, this inflammation is controlled. 



