many cases; spots on the nape of the
neck and forehead, resembling nettle-rash under the skin; consequences
of repelled urticaria; whitish, violently itching swellings of the skin,
on the head and nape of the neck, like nettle-rash; after the rash
disappeared, the whole of the right side was paralyzed, with violent
delirium even unto rage; after taking Apis the eruption appeared in
abundance, and the delirium abated."

These provings have been abundantly confirmed by my own experience. The
use of Apis in these eruptions has been followed in my hands by the most
satisfactory results; and I feel justified in recommending Apis as a
most efficient remedy in these diseases, which are still wrapt in a good
deal of obscurity. An additional source of satisfaction to have obtained
more means of relieving human suffering. The experienced Neuman writes,
in his Special Therapeutics, 2d Edit., Vol. I., Section 2, p. 681, about
urticaria: "Howsoever unimportant a single eruption of urticaria may be,
it becomes disagreeable and troublesome by its constant repetition,
which is not dangerous, but exceedingly disturbing. It would be
desirable to be acquainted with a safe method of curing this eruption,
but so far, it has been sought for in vain." The same physician,
speaking of pemphigus, writes in the same place, that its etiology,
prognosis and treatment, are still very dubious; that it leads to
extensive chronic sufferings, and often terminates fatally; and that no
specific remedy is known for this disease. The more frequent
opportunities we have of observing both these diseases in different
individuals, the more frequently we observe them in conjunction with
serious chronic maladies characterized by some specific chronic miasm,
or in conjunction with the most penetrating and disturbing emotions,
such as fright and its consequences; the more frequently we observe the
sudden appearance and disappearance of such pustules, alternating with
corresponding improvements or exacerbations in the internal organism,
where we have to look on utterly powerless, as it were, the more uneasy
do we feel at the mysterious nature of this malady, which, during the
period of organic vigor, seems to be a sort of trifling derangement,
somewhat like urticaria, but which, as the vital energies become
prostrated by age, becomes more and more searching and tormenting,
breaks forth again and again, exhausting the vital juices and leading
irresistibly to a fatal