tain whether and how far Sulphur has been abused
by the patient. Unfortunately the non-abuse of Sulphur is an exception
to the rule, whereas the abuse of Sulphur is quite common even in our
age. Would that in this respect the ancient darkness might yield to the
new light.

In case Sulphur had been abused by the patient, we mix a few drops of
Apis 3 in twelve tablespoonfuls of water, giving a tablespoonful every
hour, or every two or three hours, according as the pains are more or
less violent. This treatment has to be continued until the pains cease.
They cease either because the inflammation has been dispersed, and the
morbid process is terminated, or else a healthy suppuration has been set
up, so that the swelling will discharge of itself, and a cure will be
effected as speedily as the nature of the panaritium will admit. In
either case the medicine need not be repeated, and the organic reaction
will be sufficient to complete a cure without the interference of
surgery. A simple bread and milk poultice may be used as soothing
palliative, especially if the external skin is of a firm, hard texture.
Resolution may be depended upon in every case, where Apis has been
resorted to in time. A healthy suppuration will always set in after the
exhibition of Apis, provided Sulphur or a psoric taint do not gain the
ascendancy. If the Sulphur miasm gains the ascendancy, there will be no
marked improvement during the first days of the treatment. In such a
case we have at once to resort to a very high potency of Sulphur. A
single globule of Sulphur 6000 would frequently ameliorate the worst
aspect of the case as by a miracle, after which a few more doses of Apis
3, a drop morning and evening, would so improve the symptoms, as to
render all further medication unnecessary.

If the psoric miasm should be the cause of the retarded improvement, as
may easily be determined by the predisposing circumstances of the case,
and if no Sulphur should have been administered previously, it is
expedient to discontinue the use of Apis, and to at once exhibit a
globule of Sulphur 30, which may be allowed to act for twenty-four
hours, after which Apis is to be resumed in the same manner, until a
cessation of the pain manifests the cure of the disease.

These explanations likewise point out the true course to be pursued, in
case we should at the outset find that a whitlow owes its existence to
the psoric miasm.

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