nt burning pain below the short ribs, on both sides, worst and most
permanent on the left side, where it continues for weeks, preventing
sleep. 577: enlargement of the abdomen, with swelling of the feet,
scanty urine."

The provings of Apis show that this drug affects every portion of the
nervous system--the cerebral, spinal and ganglionic nerves--and the
process of sanguification, in the same general and characteristic manner
as is the case in fever and ague.

In comparing the symptoms of Apis with those of any other known drug,
there is no medicine that bears as close an affinity to fever and ague
as Apis. Howsoever useful other remedies may have proved, in the
treatment of fever and ague, they are only hom[oe]opathic to isolated
conditions, in comparison with Apis. In practice, it was often found
very difficult, even for the most experienced physician, to decide in
which of these exceptional cases the specifically hom[oe]opathic agent
should have been employed. Sometimes no properly hom[oe]opathic remedy
could be found, in which case the treatment had to be conducted in a
round-about way.

All these difficulties have been effectually removed by Apis, and the
treatment of intermittent fever may henceforth be said to constitute one
of the most certain and positive achievements of the hom[oe]opathic
domain. For the last three years, during which period I have
experimented with Apis, I have not come across a single case of
intermittent fever that did not yield satisfactorily to Apis. I have
treated a pretty fair share of obstinate and complicated cases of this
disease, and have, therefore, had an opportunity of testing the curative
virtues of Apis in a satisfactory manner. Here are the results of my
observations:

Apis is the natural remedy for the pathological process which is
characterized by periodical paroxysms of chill, heat and sweat; the
other morbid symptoms being common to this process, as they are to all
other diseases.

All the symptoms which have hitherto been observed in intermittent
fever, will be found, with striking similarity, among the provings of
Apis. For a confirmation of this statement, we refer to Hering's
American Provings, and to B[oe]nninghausen's Essay on Intermittent
Fevers.

In making use of Apis in every form of intermittent fever, we not only
act in strict accordance with the hom[oe]opathic law generally, but we
fulfil all the requirements of the individualizing method. Apis is the