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After this period we again give Apis every hour, two or three hours, as above, until the pains cease, after which Kali is allowed to act until the disease is entirely cured.

if suppuration and caries of the joint have already set in, no matter whether the pus has found an outlet in the region of the joint itself, or burrows down the thigh to find an outlet somewhere else, kali is no longer sufficient, silicea has to be exhibited; it is more hom[oe]opathic to caries than other anti-psorics.
we give a globule of silicea 30, and allow it to act for two or three days, after which a drop of apis 3, is repeated morning and night, until the pains--which may require a more frequent exhibition of the drug--cease, and a healthy pus is secreted. after this change is accomplished, silicea is sufficient to complete the healing of the osseous disorganization, and should be left undisturbed to the end of the treatment. i have found this simple proceeding so perfectly efficient in this dreadful malady that the fever was speedily controlled, and rendered harmless, the inflammation was scattered without leaving a trace behind, the secretion ichor was transformed into that of healthy pus, and the disorganization of the joint was prevented; the limb, even after it had become elongated, again assumed its normal shape, the carious masses were expelled, the various channels of suppuration were stopped, and the danger of a fatal consumptive fever was averted.
if our aid is not sought until _the head of the femur is destroyed, and the bone has completely slipt out of its socket_, it is impossible to prevent shortening and stiffness of the limb. here too we observe the same insidious inflammatory beginning, the same irresistible tendency to ichorous suppuration and disorganization of the constituent parts of the joint, the same tendency to destroy the organism by gradual exhausting fever.
we have unmistakeable proofs of the presence of a poisonous process pervading the whole organism. he who has had frequent opportunities of observing this disease, knows perfectly in what mysterious obscurity it is still enveloped, and how specifically different this affection of the knee sometimes appears to us from the hip disease. the hom[oe]opathic law teaches us more positively than any thing else could do, that every case of disease should be viewed as something specifically distinct from other cases, and should be treated with medicines that are specifically adapted to it. an experience of many years has taught me that iodine is the best remedy to meet the symptoms which generally characterize white swelling of the knee. even at the present day iodine is one of those remedies that require a good deal of elucidation.
hence we should not, carried away by analogy, conclude from those things which are not clear, concerning other things which are no more so. nevertheless the observations which have been made so far, have led to some highly important, more or less positive conclusions, and have shown us with a certain degree of satisfaction and certainty, that iodine is an inestimable gift of god, by means of which we are enabled to free mankind from one of the most frightful complications, the psoric, sycosic and mercurial miasms.
i have been induced by various signs to believe that, in white swelling of the knee such a complication exists. considering the paucity of our observations bearing upon this important point, it seems impracticable to make any positive statements with reference to the assistance that we might possibly derive from the use of apis in this disease.
my own opportunities for observation having been very few, i recommend the use of apis in white swelling of the knee, to my professional brethren." in white swelling of the knee, where no all[oe]opathic treatment has yet been pursued, i recommend iodine 30, one globule, in six dessert-spoonfuls of water, a dessert-spoonful morning and evening, until the whole is finished; after this wait three days, and then give apis 3, as before mentioned, a tablespoonful every hour or three hours, or a drop morning and evening, according as the pain or danger is more or less pressing.
apis is more especially useful in removing pain, in changing the secretion of ichor to that of healthy pus, and in arresting the consumptive fever. after these results have been accomplished, we permit the previously given iodine to achieve the cure. any one who knows more about this point, will please mention it. it is undoubtedly true that hahnemann has revealed to us the means of surpassing in this disease the all[oe]opathic wisdom of a thousand years, by a far more successful, safe and expeditious treatment. nevertheless, much remains to be desired in this dreaded disease. hence we warn practitioners against this danger. we feel so much the more grateful to the principle similia similibus, which, even though it did not protect its discoverer from faulty applications, yet finally led us to the discovery of the right remedy for dysentery.'s 590 and 599 in the american provings, read as follows: "violent tenesmus; nausea, vomiting and diarrh[oe]a, first lumpy and not fetid, afterwards watery and fetid, lastly papescent, mixed with blood and mucus, and attended with tenesmus; afterwards dysenteric stools, with tenesmus and sensation as if the bowels were crushed;" combining these symptoms with the general character of apis, particularly the circumstance that not only the ordinary precursors and first symptoms of dysentery, but also its terminations and its sequelę, and its most important complications find their approved remedy in apis; all this shows us that apis is a natural remedy for dysentery.
this truth is abundantly confirmed by experience. all my previously obtained results in practice, testify to the correctness of this statement. at the very commencement of the disease, a globule of apis 3 is sufficient to cut short the disease so that the patient feels easy, and sleeps quietly. during this slumber, fever, pain and tenesmus disappear, and the patient wakes with of . if this should not take place in hours, owing to more advanced state of disease, another dose of is , after which the patient soon feels well. if the dysenteric disease has had a to itself, and to assume a degree of , it becomes necessary to the organic reaction all the more frequently. under these circumstances we repeat the medicine every hour, or two or hours, one globule at a , until all further medication has become unnecessary.. ..