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TABLE VIII.
Ser i al number .
Case number.
Medical officer.
Disease.
Vaccine male.
Result.
1
43 Assistant Surgeon S. P. Sarma,
Dindigul.
Carbuncle ..
.. Staphylococcus aureus
and streptococcus .
Cured.
2
83 Major D. C. Kemp, I.M.S.,
Trichinopoly.
Diabetic cellulitis .. Staphylococcus aureus. Greatly improved.
3
112 Officer Commanding 86th Car
¬natic Infantry, St. Thomas'
Mount.
Diabetic carbuncle .. Staphylococcus aureus
and streptococcus.
Cured.
4
113 District Medical Officer of
Kistna, Masulipatam.
Carbuncle ..
..
Do.
Do.
5
131 Dr. F.Clarence Smith, Madras.
Do.
. . .
. . .
Staphylococcus aureus. Not known.
6
133 District Medical officer, Trichi
¬nopoly.
Carbuncle on scalp .. Streptococcus brevis. Not given a fair trial.
7
137 Capt. J. Forrest, I.M.S.,
Masulipatam.
Carbuncle ..
.. Streptococcus
.. Cured.
8
143 Major D. C. Kemp, I.M.S.,
Trichinopoly.
Do.
..
.. Staphylococcus
aureus.
Not known.
9
151 Assistant Surgeon Sivaraman,
Calicut.
Do.
..
..
Do.
Temporary improve
¬ment. Patient died
of empyema.
10
156 Dr. Poonan. Trivandrum
..
Do.
..
.. Streptococcus
.. Not known.
11
205 District Medical and Sanitary
Officer, Coimbatore.
Diabetic cellulitis of
leg.
Staphylococcus aureus
and streptococcus.
Cured.
12
208
Dr. F. Clarence Smith,
Madras.
. . . .
Staphylococcus
aureus.
Not known.
13
215 Medical Officer, Municipal
Hospital, Chingleput
Carbuncle ..
.. Staphylococcus
aureus.
Not given a fair trial.
Caries and suppuration of bone. —Four of the cases of caries were associated with strepto-
coccus, one with staphylococcus and one with the B. Pyocyaneus. These were no doubt secondary
infections in tubercular disease of the bones. The vaccines merely aided to check the septic
trouble in the cavities of the cold abscesses and hasten their closure facilitating the later appli-
cation of anti-tubercular treatment including the injection with tuberculins.
Case 31.—Two lumbar abscesses in a female of 20 years.—The abscesses were opened and
the cheesy material removed on 11th February 1913. As usual in such cases the abscess cavity
became contaminated and septic absorption set in. Cultivation from the discharge showed a
pure growth of B. Pyocyaneus. A course of seven injections with the autogenous vaccine (5 to
100 million, at intervals of about a week) made the sinuses heal up in about a month and a half
from the commencement of vaccine treatment.
Case 34.—Case of lumbar abscess resulting from caries of the laminæ of three or four lumbar
vertebræ.—The streptococcus brevis was isolated from the discharge from the abscess cavity and
an autogenous vaccine administered. The patient made a favourable progress towards recovery
the abscess completely healing after seven injections given at intervals of about a week.
S e r i a l n u m b e r .
C a s e n u m b e r .
Medical officer.
Disease.
Vaccine made.
Result.
1
10 Second Surgeon, General Hos
¬pital, Madras.
Lumbar abscess
(Pott's disease).
Streptococcus
.. No effect.
2
21
Do.
do.
Osteomyelitis of
femur.
Staphylococcus
aureus.
No result.
3
31
Do. d o .
Lumbar abscess
(Pott's disease).
B. Pyocyaneus
.. Cured.
4
34
Do.
do.
Do.
Streptococcus brevis. D o .
5
52
Do.
do.
Iliac abscess (Pott's
disease).
Staphylococcus
.. Improved.
6
53 Assistant Surgeon, Municipal
Hospital, Tinnevelly.
Abscess of Tibia
. . Staphylococcus
a ureus.
No effect.
7
88 Second Surgeon, General Hos
¬pital, Madras.
Lumbar abscess
(Pott's disease).
Streptococcus brevis.
Do.
8
99
Do.
do.
Periostitis of left
femur.
Staphylococcus
aureus.
Cured.
9
138 Dr. F. Clarence Smith,
Madras.
Caries of lower jaw .. Streptococcus brevis. Not known.
10
149 Second Surgeon, General Hos
¬pital, Madras.
Necrosis of Tibia .. Staphylococcus
aureus.
No effect.
11
211
Do.
do.
Lumbar abscess
.. B. Pyocyaneus
... Cured.