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
If these sequelæ were the consequences of an abuse of Cinchona, and this
China-cachexia was the source of subsequent paroxysms of fever, I have,
even in such cases, when nothing else would help, seen Apis cure both
the fever and the China-cachexia, in most cases which came under my
treatment. In the most inveterate cases, which had perhaps been
mismanaged in various ways, and where the reactive power of the organism
seemed entirely prostrated, I found it necessary to resort to the
employment of a most penetrating agent, more particularly the 5000th
potency of Natrum muriaticum, which I have so far found the only
sufficiently powerful curative influence under the circumstances. The
rules of administering this potency are the same as those for the
exhibition of the 30th.
Not only does Apis afford help in the affections which habitually and
most generally occur among us; it is likewise in curative rapport with
the
TYPHOID-GASTRIC CONDITIONS WHICH DEVELOPE THEMSELVES DURING THE COURSE
OF AN ERYSIPELATOUS OR EXANTHEMATOUS CUTANEOUS AFFECTION, MORE
PARTICULARLY SCARLATINA, RUBEOLA, MEASLES AND URTICARIA.
The use of Apis in erysipelas is indicated by: "Nos. 168, 169: great
anxiety in the head, with swelling of the face; inflammatory swelling
and twitching so violent, that an apoplectic attack is dreaded. 175 to
178: sensation as if the head were too large; swelling of the head;
sensitiveness to contact on the vertex, forehead; burning, stinging
about the head. 292: erysipelatous inflammation of the eyelids. 295:
after the most violent pains of the right eye, a bluish, red, whitish
swelling of both eyes, which were closed in consequence. 297: swelling
under the eyes during erysipelas, as when stung by a bee. 316: red
swelling of both ears, with a stinging and burning pain in the swelling,
with redness of the face every evening. 356: erysipelas spreading across
the face, and proceeding from the eyes. 359: tension in the face,
awakening her about one o'clock, the nose was swollen, so were the right
eye and cheek, stinging pain when touching the part; under the right
eye, and proceeding from the nose, red streaks spread across the cheek,
until four o'clock; next day, after midnight, sudden swelling of the
upper lip, with heat and burning redness, continuing until morning; on
the third night, sudden crawling over the right cheek, with stinging
near the nose, after which the cheek and upper lip swelled. 363: face
red and hot, with burning and stinging pain, it swells so that he is no
longer recognized. 388: pimple in the vermilion border of the lower lip,
which he scratches, after which an erysipelatous swelling arises,
spreading rapidly over the chin and the lower jaw, and invading the
anterior neck and the glands, so that he is unable to move the jaws, as
during trismus, or as if the ligaments of the jaws were inflamed; with
constant disposition to sleep, the sleep being interrupted by frightful
dreams.
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