e the globule in five tablespoonfuls of water by
shaking the mixture well in a well closed vial, and let the patient take
a tablespoonful of this solution. If this dose acts well, no repetition
is necessary for the present. If this dose should not be sufficient, we
prepare a new potence by throwing away three tablespoonfuls of the
former solution and substituting four tablespoonfuls of fresh water,
shaking the mixture well. We give a spoonful of this second solution,
twenty-four hours after the first had been given, and, if necessary, a
third spoonful prepared in the same way, and even a fourth and fifth,
after which we await the result, without thinking either of improvement
or exacerbation.

Generally, a feeling of ease is experienced shortly after taking Apis.
The painful sensitiveness of the pit of the stomach and of the abdomen,
together with the troublesome, disagreeable and oppressive distention
and weight, soon disappear; the tongue gradually loses its swollen and
cracked appearance, its dirty redness, its slimy coating, its sore
spots, tardy indentations along its edges, the burnt feeling at its tip,
which is dotted with very fine vesicles, that cause a good deal of
soreness; the pappy, sour, bitter, metallic, foul taste disappears; the
appetite is again normal; both the previous aversion to food and the
excessive craving disappear; the absence of thirst, which is so common
in this condition, again gives place to a natural desire for drink, the
bluish-red color and swelling of the palate and throat, and the
incessant urging to hawk, decrease visibly: the distress after eating;
the sour stomach with or without nausea or heartburn; the excessive
rising of air; the regurgitation of the ingesta; the eructations which
taste of the food that had been eaten long before; the yawning; the
irresistible drowsiness when sitting; the general loss of strength; the
vacuity of mind, the aversion to talking and to company, decrease more
and more every day; the whole abdomen feels easier and softer: the
excessive and irresistible urging to urinate, especially after rising
from a chair or from bed, and accompanied by a distressing nervousness,
abates; the diarrh[oe]ic and abnormally colored evacuations, together
with the frequent and irresistible urging, increased after eating, early
in the morning and after sour and flatulent food, and accompanied by
various sore pains in the rectum, diminish more and more, and give place
to nor