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TABLEIX— cont .
Serial
num-
ber.
Case
num-
ber.
M e d i c a l O f f i c e r .
Disease.
Vaccine made.
Result.
13
86 Dr. W. R. Gibson, Egmore . . .
Cystitis . . . B. Coli . . . No effect.
14 122 Dr. F. Milton, Coonoor . . .
Do. . . .
Do. . . . Not known.
15 126 Dr. W. R. Gibson, Egmore . . .
D o . . . .
D o . . . .
Do.
16
33 The Civil Surgeon, Coonoor . . .
Gonorrhœal ureth-
ritis.
Gonococcus . . .
Do.
Case 73.—A case of chronic cystitis of three years’ standing following gonorrhœal infection
Streptococcus was isolated from the urine and six doses of the autogenous vaccine up to 50
million were administered. The treatment successfully stopped the attacks of hæmaturia
which the patient used to have now and again, and micturition ceased to be painful.
TABLE X.
Miscellaneous.
Serial
num-
ber.
Case
num-
ber.
Medical Officer.
Disease.
Vaccine made.
Result.
1
7 Lieut.-Col. G. G. Giffard, C.S.I., I.M.S.,
Egmore.
Alimentary toxæmia. B. Coli . . . Improved.
2
9 Dr. L. A. Ravivarma, Haripad, Travan-
core.
Puerperal sepsis . . . Streptococcus . . . Not known.
3
19 Lieut.-Col. G. G. Giffard, C.S.I., I.M.S.,
Egmore.
Rectal ulcer . . .
B. Coli . . .
Do.
4
62 The Superintendent, Government
Maternity Hospital, Madras.
Puerperal sepsis . . . Streptococcus . . . No effect.
5
63
. . .
Rheumatism . . .
Do. . . . Improved.
6
78 Dr. W. R. Gibson, Egmore . . . Ulcerative endocar-
ditis.
Do. . . . Not known.
7
81 Dr. F. Gibbons, Kotagiri . . . Vaginitis . . .
B. Coli . . . No effect.
8
83 The Officer Commanding 88th C.I., St.
Thomas' Mount.
Necrosis of lower
jaw.
Staphylococcus
aureus.
Could not be
given a fair
trial.
9
87 Dr. W. R. Gibson, Egmore . . . Pyæmia . . .
Do. . . . Not known.
10
91 The Second Surgeon, General Hospital,
Madras.
Suppurative arthritis. Streptococcus . . . Not used.
11 100 Major F. F. Elwes, M.D., C.I.E., I.M.S.,
Egmore.
Alimentary toxæmia. B. Coli and strepto-
coccus.
No effect.
Case 63.—The only case of some interest in this mixed class is that of a person of about
55 years, a retired subadar, who suffered from a rheumatoid condition of the left shoulder for
some months. The urine was highly acid and contained excess of uric acid. Streptococcus
was isolated from it and the autogenous vaccine injected in increasing doses. The condition
of the joint slowly improved. It was not, however, possible to say whether it was the vaccine
that did all the good or if it was partly at least due to the alkaline treatment that was adopted
simultaneously with the vaccine injections.
Stock vaccines.
Polyvalent staphylococcus vaccine was used by different medical men in a variety of
conditions and favourably reported upon. Besides having been used for the common
suppura-tive conditions as furunculosis abscesses, etc., it was tried in the Government Ophthalmic
Hospital of Madras in a few cases of granular ophthalmia with pannus and co-existing nasal
catarrhs. As the usual surgical and constitutional treatment was also carried out in these
cases it could not be stated that the vaccine did any definite good.
The Medical officer, Civil Hospital, Secunderabad, found this vaccine very useful in the
treatment of empyema abdominal suppuration, etc. At the Madras General Hospital the
vaccine was tried in doses of 100—1,000 million in cases of Kala-Azar to see if it would have an
effect on the temperature but the result was negative.
Polyvalent streptococcus vaccine was issued to the Government Maternity Hospital for
the treatment of cases of puerperal sepsis. It was successfully used by muffassal medical men
in cases of cellulitis, pyorrhœa alveolaris and certain chronic suppurations.
Polyvalent pemphigus streptococcus vaccine was used on a fairly large scale for strepto
-
coccal skin infections and found as usual to be very effective. It was found out by the
employment of this vaccine in large numbers of cases that though the commencing doses have
to be small to prevent reactions, the later doses could often be raised with benefit to fifty million