Apis Mellifica; or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic AgentWolf, C. W.
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Apis Mellifica; or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent
Wolf, C. W.
Bees -- Venom -- Therapeutic use; Homeopathy
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 homœopathic 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 Bœnninghausen'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 homœopathic law generally, but we
fulfil all the requirements of the individualizing method. Apis is the
universal remedy in intermittent fevers, for which every homœopathic
physician has been longing, and which pure experiments, conducted
according to the rules of homœopathy, 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.
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