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Pyorrhœa Alveolaris—Has continued to give the same unsatisfactory results as before.
A few cases seem to benefit by the streptococcus vaccine but the majority have to get the
teeth either cleaned or extracted by the dentist.
TABLE V.
Pyorrhœa Alveolaris.
Serial
num-
ber.
Case
num-
ber.
Medical Officer.
Disease.
Vaccine made.
Result.
1
2 Dr. T. S. S. Rajan, Srirangam . . . Pyorrhœa alveolaris.
Streptococcus
. . . Not known.
2
42 District Medical and Sanitary Officer,
Nellore.
Do.
Do. . . . Temporary
improve- m e n t .
3
48 Medical Officer, Pentland Hospital,
Vellore.
Do.
Do. . . . Improved.
4
80 Third Surgeon, General Hospital,
Madras.
Do.
Do.
. . . Not used.
5
91
. . .
Do.
Pneumococcus . . . No effect.
Septic wounds and sinuses .—Under this head are included cases of injury or bone
disease which result in sinuses infected as a rule with staphylococci or streptococci. Where
in addition to the bacterial infection, a foreign body like a bit of dead bone or tissue is
concerned in the prevention of healing, surgical interference has been resorted to and the
vaccine then administered to promote healthy action in the sinus.
Case 19.—Septic compound fracture of the left leg admitted into the Municipal hospital,
Cuddapah. The staphylococcus aureus was isolated from the septic discharge. There was
a decided improvement immediately on commencing treatment with the autogenous staphy-
lococcus vaccine. The temperature rapidly came down to normal, the septic ulcer took on a
healthy action and the general health of the patient improved markedly as a result of the
vaccine treatment.
TABLE VI.
Septic wounds and sinuses.
Serial
num-
ber.
Case
num-
ber.
Medical Officer.
Disease.
Vaccine made.
Result.
1
8 Dr. T. S. S. Rajan, Srirangam . . . Wound . . . Staphylococcus
aureus.
Not known.
2
14 Dr. A. S. Kugler, A.E.L.M. Hospital,
Guntūr.
Wound in palm . . . Staphylococcus albus. Not used.
3
19 District Medical and Sanitary Officer,
Cuddapah.
Septic wound after
compound fracture,
left leg.
Staphylococcus
aureus.
Cured.
4
50 Third Surgeon, General Hospital,
Madras.
Multiple sinus, shoul-
der joint.
Do.
. . . Discharge
lessened.
5
53 District Medical and Sanitary Officer,
Trichinopoly.
Sinus ankle . . . Streptococcus
. . . Considerably
improved.
Inflammations of the nose, throat and ear. —The majority of cases of this class which come
for vaccine treatment are those that have either been neglected or untreated for years or have
tried the treatment of general practitioners and specialists and have sought the benefit of
vaccine therapy as a last resource. As a necessary result of chronic inflammatory processes,
there have been fibroid changes which in the Eustachian and middle ear inflammations have
resulted in partial deafness. Even in such cases the vaccine has given partial benefit, by
relieving the catarrhal discharge and congestion of the mucous membrane. Three of this class
of cases deserve special mention. The one was case 115 of 1915 for whom the vaccine was
prepared late in November of the year and the treatment continued during 1916. The injec-
tions of the autogenous vaccine (a diphtheroid bacillus) were given at long intervals, about
three weeks or more and the patient observed that his hearing improved every time an
injection was given, such improvement continuing for about three weeks when the next dose
had to be administered to prevent the benefit from wearing off. Be is still taking the
injections at intervals of about a fortnight and thus keeping up his hearing power at the
same level.
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