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the forehead ; redness of the eyes and lids ; secretion 

 of mucus and agglutination of the lids ; the lids are 

 swollen, dark-red, everted ; the conjunctiva is red- 

 dened, full of dark blood-vessels which gradually 

 lose themselves in the cornea; the cornea is ob- 

 scured, smoky, showing a few little ulcers here and 

 there ; profuse lachrymation ; stinging itching in 

 the left eye, in the lids and around the eye ; sensa- 

 tion of a quantity of mucus in the left eye ; sensa- 

 tion of a foreign little body in the eye ; soreness of 

 the canthi; styes; oedema of the lids; erysipela- 

 tous inflammation of the lids." 



I have found the correctness of these observa- 

 tions uniformly confirmed by the most satisfactory 

 cures of such affections. I use the medicine in the 

 same manner as for acute hydrocephalus. In some 

 cases I found the eye so sensitive to the action of 

 Apis, that an exceedingly violent aggravation of 

 the inflammatory symptoms ensued, which might 

 have proved dangerous to the preservation of such 

 a delicate organ as the eye. Inasmuch as it is im- 

 possible to determine beforehand the degree of sen- 

 sitiveness, I obviate all danger by exhibiting Apis 

 in alternation with Aconite in the manner indicated 

 for hydrocephalus. By means of this alternate ex- 

 hibition of two drugs, we not only prevent every 

 aggravating primary effect, but we at the same 

 time act in accordance with the important law, 

 that, in order to secure the effective and undis- 

 turbed repetition of a drug, we have first to inter- 

 rupt its action by some appropriate intermediate 

 remedy. All repetitions should cease as soon as a 



