Apis Mellifica; or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent — John Shaqi
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
706 to 707: swelling of the right half of the labia, with
inflammation and violent pain, rapid, hard pulse, diarrhœa consisting of
yellow, greenish mucus, in the case of a girl of three years old;
deeply-penetrating distress, commencing in the clitoris and spreading to
the vagina; the labia minora are swollen, they feel dry and hard, they
are covered with a crust; at the commencement urination is painful. 948:
burning of the toes, and erysipelatous redness with heat at a
circumscribed spot on the foot, the remainder of the foot being cold.
1167, 1168: acute pain and erysipelatous swelling, hard and white in the
centre; bright red, elevated, hard swelling of the place where he was
stung, and round about a chilly feeling. 1170-1173: red place where he
was stung, with swelling and red streaks along the fingers and arm; red
streaks along the lymphatic vessels, proceeding from the sting along the
middle finger and arm; inflammatory swelling, spreading all around.
1181: throbbing in the swelling. 1182: wide-spread cellular
inflammation, terminating in resolution. 1224, 1225: swelling and
erysipelatous redness; erysipelatous redness of the toes and feet."
If we add to these remarks, that Apis corresponds to gastric and typhoid
conditions, as was shown before, with remarkable similarity of symptoms,
we find, without doubt, that all known erysipelatous forms of
inflammation are covered by the pathogenetic effects of Apis. Hence we
may with propriety give Apis in these affections. Practical experience
has abundantly confirmed these conclusions. For the last four years, I
have cured readily, safely and easily all forms of erysipelas which have
come under my notice--œdematous, smooth, vesicular, light or dark
colored, seated or wandering, phlegmonous, recent or habitually
recurring, of a light or inveterate character, repelled, among
individuals of every disposition and age. I have never seen all kinds of
pain yield more readily; I have never seen the accompanying fever abate
more speedily; I have never arrested the further spread of erysipelas,
nor effected a resolution of the inflammation of the cellular tissue,
more certainly; nor, if the termination in suppuration was no longer
avoidable, have I ever succeeded in effecting the formation of laudable
pus, the spontaneous discharge of the pus, the radical healing of the
sore without any scar--_how important is all this in erysipelatous
inflammation of the mammæ_--with more certainty and thoroughness, than
by means of Apis! No remedy possesses equal powers in protecting
internal organs from the dangerous inroad of this disease.
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