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TABLE III.
Abscesses, carbuncles and cellulitis.
Serial
num-
ber.
Case
num-
ber.
Medical Officer.
Disease.
Vaccine made.
Result.
1
2 Superintendent,Government Maternity
Hospital, Egmore.
Abscess axilla . . .
Streptococcus . . .
Cured.
2
8
Do.
Mammary abscess . . . Staphylococcus . . .
Much im-
proved.
3
9
Do.
Do. . . . Streptococcus . . . Cured.
4
17 Superintendent, Government Roya-
puram Hospital, Madras.
Multiple abscesses . . . Staphylococcus . . . No improve-
ment; had
only two in-
jections.
5
22 Superintendent, Government Maternity
Hospital, Egmore.
Postcoccal abscess . . . Streptococcus . . . No effect.
6
24 Sub-Assistant Surgeon T. M. Nara-
simhalu, Tirukkattupilli.
(Diabetic) Mammary
abscess.
Staphylococcus . . . Cured.
7
25 Superintendent, Government Maternity
Hospital, Egmore.
Suppurative lymph-
angitis.
Streptococcus . . . No effect.
8
39 Dr. P. N. Lakshmanan, Trivandrum . . . Ischiorectal abscess.
Do.
Not reported.
9
41 Second Surgeon, General Hospital,
Madras.
Pyæmic abscess . . . Staphylococcus . . . Improved.
10
51 Superintendent, Government Maternity
Hospital, Egmore.
Iliac abscess . . .
Do. . . .
Do.
11
61 Veterinary Assistant, Veterinary Hos-
pital, Ellore.
Abscess in a bullock.
Do. . . . Vaccine not
used.
12
65 Superintendent. Government Maternity
Hospital, Egmore.
Abscesses . . .
Do. . . .
Do.
13
84
Do.
Abscess in Douglas
ponch.
Streptococcus . . .
Do.
14
85
Do.
Multiple abscesses . . . Staphylococcus . . . Improved.
15
l00 Third Physician, General Hospital,
Madras.
Lymphatic abscess . . .
Do. . . . Vaccine not
used.
16
111 Superintendent, Lying-in-Hospital,
Royapuram.
Multiple abscesses . . .
Do. . . . Cured.
17
147 Dr, S. P. Sarma, Tiruvā l ū r . . .
Do. . . .
D o . . . . Vaccine not
used.
18
148
Do. . . . Gangrene of toe . . . Streptococcus . . .
Do.
19
149 Medical Officer, Local Fund Hospital
for Women, Vennarpet.
Iliac abscess . . . Staphylococcus . . .
Do.
20
173 Dr. L. A. Ravi Varma, Trivandrum
. . . Diabetic carbuncle . . .
Do. . . . Not yet re-
ported.
Case 9 is of some interest as an instance of how a reaction following the injection of a
bacterial vaccine often brings on rapid improvement if the rule is borne in mind that the next
dose should not be injected till the effect of the reaction has completely passed off. It was a
case of streptococcal abscess of the breast. The pus gave a pure cultivation of streptococcus.
The first injection of five million of the autogenous vaccine produced marked constitutional
disturbance with a rise in temperature to 105°F, general lassitude and joint pains. The
second injection was not given for eight days after this reaction. During this period there
was a rapid improvement in the local condition and the abscess healed up completely within
three days after the second dose of 10 million.
Septic wounds and sinuses.—These were surgical cases resulting from bone disease. The
organisms isolated were really secondary and the vaccines were used to help the surgical
treatment. It is gratifying to note that in three out of four cases in which the results could
be followed there was decided benefit traceable to the vaccines.
TABLE IV.
Septic wounds and sinuses.
Serial
num-
ber.
Case
num-
ber.
Medical Officer.
Disease.
Vaccine made.
Result.
1
15 District Medical and Sanitary Officer,
Outacamund.
Chronic iliac sinus . . . Staphylococcus . . . Completely
cured.
2
62 Medical Officer, R āmnād . . . Sinus thigh . . .
Do. . . . Much im-
proved.
3
101
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
D o . . . . Temporary
improve-
ment.
4
114 Assistant Surgeon, Udumalpet . . . Multiple sinuses . . .
Do. . . . No effect.
5
162 Dr. L. A. Ravi Varma, Trivandrum . . . Sinus necrosis of
f e m u r .
Do. . . . Not yet re-
ported.
4