74 APIS MELLIFICA; OR, 



What man of common sense would be willing to 

 repudiate such evidence ? 



But even in a case where Sulphur and Iodine 

 had been given to excess, and a sort of Sulphur and 

 Iodine diathesis had been established in conse- 

 quence, Apis is still the best remedy to meet this 

 complicated derangement. 



Although we may believe that the time is at hand 

 when this kind of ignorance shall no longer be 

 tolerated, it unfortunately is still a prevailing sin 

 of the profession. Even if we should be unable to 

 effect a perfect cure, yet we may afford essential 

 relief to such patients; we may often arrest their 

 sufferings for a longer or shorter period, and shorten 

 the paroxysms until they become almost imper- 

 ceptible. Apis is particularly instrumental in 

 effecting this end. Diseases of the 



EESPIEATOEY OEGANS 



Are likewise successfully combated by Apis. The 

 American Provings contain the following symp- 

 tomatic indications : 



1. No.'s 731, 733, 736, 742, 743, 749, 760: 

 " Hoarseness and difiiculty of breathing, roughness 

 and sensitiveness in the larynx, each time after he 

 smells of the poison ; talking is painful, sensation 

 as if the larynx were tired by talking; drawing 

 pains in the larynx ; cough when starting during 

 sleep ; rough cough during evening ; heat ; difficult 

 breathing, every drop of liquid almost suffocates 

 him ; labored inspirations as during croup." 



