not speedily followed by another
improvement, or which seems to require our aid, we use Apis 3, one drop
every day, until the improvement is again perceived, after which we wait
until another exacerbation demands our interference. One dose of Apis is
often insufficient; if not, from three to five doses will be found
sufficient to mitigate the pains, and to advance the cure which Apis
will complete in conjunction with the high potency that should not be
repeated, and which is not interfered with by the Apis. What more
precious boon for the physician and patient in these serious moments? It
is only a physician who has instituted provings upon himself, that is
capable of comprehending this harmonious blending of the two therapeutic
agents. He sees the well known effects of a well known cause go and come
at alternate periods. 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
consequence, 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 imperceptible. Apis is
particularly instrumental in effecting this end. Diseases of the

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

are likewise successfully combated by Apis. The American Provings
contain the following symptomatic indications:

1. No.'s 731, 733, 736, 742, 743, 749, 760: "Hoarseness and difficulty
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."

2. 737-740: "Violent paroxysms of cough, occasioned by a titillating
irritation in the lower part of the larynx near the throat-pit, with
increase of headache when coughing, on the left side, superiorly; in
half an hour, some phlegm is detached, after which the coughing