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TABLE V.
Pyorrhoea Alveolaris and Dental Abscesses.
Serial
num-
ber.
Case
num-
ber.
Medical Officer.
Disease.
Vaccine.
Result.
1
2
. . .
Pyorrhoea alveo
-laris.
Streptococcus and
M. Paratetragenus.
Improved.
2
26 Dr. P. N. Lakshmanan, Trivandrum . . . Gum abscess . . . Streptococcus . . . Not known.
3
32 D o . d o d o . d . . .
D o . . . .
Do. . . .
Do.
4
33
Do. do. . . .
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
Do.
5
35 The Medical Officer, Station Hospital,
Madras.
Pyorrhoea alveolaris.
Do. . . . No effect.
6
48 Dr. T. V. Subba Rao, Triplicane . . .
Do. . . .
Do. . . . Could not be
given a fair
-
trial.
7
56 The Medical Officer, The Penitentiary,
Madras.
Pyorrhoea . . .
Do. . . . Cured.
8
58 The Medical Officer, Pentland Hospital,
Vellore.
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
Not known.
9
59 The District Medical and Sanitary
Officer, Trichinopoly.
Do. . . .
Do. . . . Considerably
improved.
10
89 Sub-Assistant Surgeon Srinivasagam
Nadar, Sankaranayinarkoil.
Do. . . .
Do. . . . Not known.
11
91 Dr. N arayanaswami A yyar, Medical
Practitioner, Dindigul.
Do. . . .
Do. . . . Cured.
12
95
. . .
Do. . . .
Do. . . . No effect.
13
119 The District Medical and Sanitary
Officer, Nellore.
Do. . . .
Do. . . . Under treat
-ment.
14
123 The Chief Medical Officer, M. & S.M.
Railway, Madras.
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
Do.
Inflammations of the mouth, nose, throat, ear, conjunctiva and antrum .—The streptococcus
accounted for a case of pharyngitis and another of stomatitis and the staphylococcus albus for
a case of recurring conjunctivitis and corneal ulceration. Diphtheroid bacilli were isolated
from the nasal discharge and from the pus of a case of disease of the middle ear and Eusta
-
chian tube.
Case 19.—Was one of catarrh of the throat of many y ears' standing, followed by catarrh of
the right Eustachian tube and middle ear and perforation of the tympanum. Three cultivations
were made from the discharge in the course of the year, the same diphtheroid organism having
been isolated each time. The vaccine had a decided effect in this case, which clinically
established the causal relationship of the organism. Each injection was immediately followed
by a positive phase in which the discharge considerably lessened and the hearing was partially
restored. This immunity effect lasted 10 days or more when the next dose had to be given
to keep it up. The patient is still under treatment.
Case 88.—A medical student who for 10 years and more was suffering from recurring
attacks of nasal catarrh, the nasal paroxysms being usually followed by symptoms of asthma.
A diphtheroid bacillus was isolated from the nasal discharge and a course of vaccine made from
it given for a period of 6 months in increasing doses. The catarrhal attacks gradually abated
in their frequency and virulence and the patient was able to pass through the cold season
without any asthmatic trouble.
TABLE VI.
Inflammations of the mouth, nose, throat, ear, conjunctiva and antrum.
Serial
num-
ber.
Case
num-
ber.
Medical Officer.
Disease.
Vaccine.
Result.
1
19 The District Medical and Sanitary
Officer, Nellore.
Chronic otitis media. A diphtheroid bacil-
lus.
Improved.
2
55 Assistant Surgeon B. K. Narayana Rao,
Bezwada.
Ulceration of mouth. Streptococcus . . . No effect.
3
65 Dr. F. Hall-Wright, Hoogrijan, Assam. Pharyngitis . . . Streptococcus brevis. Not known.
4
84 The District Medical and Sanitary
Officer, Nellore.
Chronic otitis media. Diphtheroid bacillus
and staphylococcus
aureus.
Improved.
5
88 The Second Physician, General Hos
-pital, Madras.
Rhinitis . . . Diphtheroid bacillus. Considerably
-improved.