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74 ; Hydrothorax; Asthmatic affections; Spasmodic asthma; Asthma of Millar; Angina of the chest; Organic affections of the heart; Nostalgia; Sciatica; Ulcers of the legs; White swelling?; Phlegmonous inflammation of the feet; Coxalgia; Discolored nails; Gout in the feet."

Being in the form of a fine white powder, and nearly destitute of either smell or taste, it is easily incorporated with sugar of milk in any desirable proportions. Whilst most other poisons are either very acrid or extremely bitter, arsenic, having no sensible properties, is easily given in any quantity which the practitioner may think proper to administer. But if the homœopathic practitioner is always honest, and strictly adheres to the principles of his great master, no one need be alarmed if he uses the thirtieth attenuation of arsenic in every case each day of his life. If he should live to the age of Methuselah, and dispense powders of that kind all his life, the whole amount of arsenic that he would thus use would not in the least harm the smallest insect if given at a single dose.