termination; a result which is particularly apt
to take place during old age, although I have likewise observed it, but
rarely, among new-born infants.

These developments lead us to suspect that urticaria and pemphigus are
identical in essence; this fact is richly substantiated by the
hom[oe]opathic law which furnishes identical means of cure for either of
these affections. In either case, if the vital forces are prostrated,
and the sensitiveness of the organic reaction is considerable, one
pellet of Apis 30, and, if there is considerable resistance to overcome,
two pellets shaken with six dessert-spoonfuls of water, a spoonful night
and morning, is all that should be done, after which, all further
treatment should be discontinued as long as the improvement continues or
the skin remains clear from all eruptions. If the improvement cease or
the eruption should reappear, we have in the first place to examine
whether the improvement will not speedily resume its course, or whether
the eruption does not show itself more feebly than before, or if the
cure is not evidenced by some other favorable change. In the former case
the medicine should be permitted to act still further; in the latter
case, another dose of Apis 30 should be given, after which the result
has to be carefully watched. In all benign cases, more particularly if
no other means of treatment had been resorted to before, this management
will suffice. If this should not be the case, if the eruption should
appear again, we may rest assured that a psoric miasm lurks in the
organism, and that an anti-psoric treatment has to be resorted to. The
best anti-psoric under these circumstances, is Sulphur 30, one pellet,
provided this drug has not yet been abused; or Causticum 30, one pellet,
if such an abuse has taken place. Syphilis may likewise complicate the
disease, in which case Mercurius 30, one pellet, may be given; or, if
Mercury had been previously taken in excessive doses, Mercurius 6000,
one globule.

After one or the other of these remedies, the symptoms should be
carefully observed without doing anything else, with a view of
instituting whatever treatment may afterwards be necessary, we wind up
the treatment with another dose of Apis 30, one pellet, after which, the
organic power is permitted to complete the cure. The result is, that the
most difficult and complicated cases yield perfectly to such treatment,
which is based upon the strictest scientific princ