universal remedy in intermittent fevers, for which every hom[oe]opathic
physician has been longing, and which pure experiments, conducted
according to the rules of hom[oe]opathy, have revealed to us;--another
shining light on the sublime path of the healing artist!

The beneficent action of Apis, in intermittent fever, is still increased
by the fact that it prevents the supervention of typhus,
disorganizations of the spleen, dropsy, china-cachexia. In using Apis
from the commencement, all such consequences are avoided, and if they
should have been induced by different treatment, Apis removes them as
speedily as possible.

In all lighter cases, it is sufficient to give a drop of Apis 3, morning
and evening, during the apyrexia, and to continue this treatment until
the attacks cease; very often no other paroxysm sets in after the first
dose; there are scarcely ever more than two or three paroxysms. In a few
days the cure is accomplished, provided the action of the medicine is
not disturbed.

In more obstinate cases, which had been coming on for a longer period,
or had been caused by more noxious influences, had lasted longer, had
invaded the organism with more intensity, or where the paroxysms last
longer and the intermissions are shorter, or where two paroxysms occur
in succession, or the life of the organism is endangered by some cause
or other,--the organism has to be saturated with the medicine in the
shortest possible period, in order to ensure victory to the curative
agent. Under these circumstances, we prepare a solution of from two to
four drops of the third potency in twelve tablespoonfuls of water, shake
it well in a closed bottle, and give a tablespoonful of this solution
every hour. If the case should be urgent, we may give a drop of Apis 3,
on sugar, every three or six hours. This treatment is to be continued
until the patient is decidedly better; after which the medicine should
be discontinued. If the improvement is not quite satisfactory, the last
dose is continued several times every twelve or twenty-four hours, after
which the proper effect will have been obtained. If the progressive
improvement of the patient should be attended with distinct morbid
symptoms, it would be injurious to continue the repetition of the drug.
Nevertheless, a globule of Apis 30 may sometimes hasten the
convalescence of the patient, and otherwise afford relief. Signs of
reaction, even if more or less violent, should not deceiv