xi
In two cases one vesicle was produced, but the general number of vesicles produced
-was higher than in previous supplies.
Between one and 5 vesicles
Between 5 and 10
Between 10 and 20
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...
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...
9
4
3
Lahore reported 18 insertions, 18 vesicles, and Ludhiána 24 insertions, 19 vesicles.
Fifth supply human lymph to fourteen Civil Surgeons :—Successful 11, unsuccess-
ful 3.
Between 1 and 5 vesicles produced
Between 5 and 10
Between 10 and 20
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...
...
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5
4
2
Sixth supply, human lymph sent to twelve Civil Surgeons :—Successful 9, unsuc-
cessful 3.
Between 1 and 5 vesicles produced
Between 5 and 10
Between 10 and 15
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...
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3
4
2
Seventh supply human lymph to four Civil Surgeons :—Successful 1, unsuccessful 3.
The unsuccessful cases occurred in Ludhiána, Muzaffargarh and Jhang, but the
Civil Surgeons of these places had obtained successful results previously.
The seventh supply was the last despatched. When sending out the supplies of Bovine
lymph in September I examined the vesicles produced on the animals and found them to
be well matured and presenting the appearance of vesicles, such as are used successfully
for vaccination in the plains.
I also locally inoculated children with some of the Bovine lymph sent out to the
Civil Surgeons with perfectly successful results, and am of opinion that the failure of the
lymph supply was not due to weakness or inertness of the lymph but was probably pro-
duced by climatic causes during transmission. In consequence of these results I was
anxious to compare the results obtained respectively with animal and human lymph, and
obtained the permission of the Sanitary Commissioner, vide his letter No. 7158, dated 3rd
December 1892, to send out human lymph direct from my office.
In all twenty-three supplies of human lymph were sent out. In two cases the lymph
was sent to Gilgit and no results were received, and in five cases was not used. No failure
occurred in any of the remaining sixteen supplies; the following are the details of the
sixteen supplies: —
Number of tubes despatched
Number of insertions made ...
Number of vesicles produced
Percentage of success
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...
88
257
181
70.43
Amritsar Lymph Depôt.— From the depôt sixty-four supplies of Bovine lymph were
despatched. In thirty-seven cases the lymph was not used or the results were not received
in the depôt office and six were unsuccessful.
The details of the twenty-one supplies are :—
Number of tubes despatched
Number of insertions
Number of vesicles produced
Percentage of success
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227
807
14
38.91
The results obtained appear to point to the fact that Bovine lymph is not so easily
adapted for storage and transmission as human lymph. I would suggest that further
control experiments be carried out, and that since it is the intention of the Government
that the animal lymph should be Bovine and issued from a depôt, that the admixture of
laholin with buffalo be again tried.