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TABLE XIV.
S e r i a l n u m b e r .
Case
num-
ber.
Medical officer.
Disease.
Vaccine made.
Result.
1
1
Dr. F. Clarence Smith, Madras . . . Nasal catarrh . . .
Streptococcus brevis . . . Not known.
2
59
District Medical and Sanitary
Officer, Tanjore.
Chronic nasal catarrh.
P n e u m o c o c c u s . . . Improved.
3
63
Dr. F. Clarence Smith, Madras . . . Nasal catarrh . . .
Streptococcus . . . Not known.
4
78
Do.
do. . . .
Do. . . .
Streptococcus brevis . . .
Do.
5
108
Captain Lapsley I.M.S., St.
Thomas' Mount.
Pharyngitis . . .
Streptococcus . . . Improved.
6
110
Do.
do. . . .
Do. . . .
Do.
7
111
Officer Commanding 86th Carnatic
Infantry, St. Thomas' Mount.
Antral suppuration . . .
Pneumococcus . . . No result.
8
115
Dr. F. Clarence Smith, Madras . . . Nasal catarrh . . .
Streptococcus . . . Not known.
9
122
Major D. C. Kemp, I.M.S., Trichi-
nopoly.
Hay fever . . .
D o . . . .
No effect.
10
125
Medical Officer, 86th Carnatic in-
fantry, St. Thomas' Mount.
Nasal catarrh . . .
Pneumococcus . . . Doubtful.
11
153
Dr. F.W. Hall-Wright, Assam . . . Chronic nasopharyn-
geal catarrh.
Do. . . . Not known.
12
157
Major F. F. Elwes, C.I.E., 1 M.S.,
Madras.
Nasopharyngeal
catarrh.
Streptococcus . . .
Still under treat-
ment.
13
165
Second Physician, General Hospital,
Madras.
Chronic nasal catarrh. Pneumococcus . . . Improved.
14
204
Major F. F. Elwes, C.I.E., I.M.S.,
Madras.
Do.
Streptococcus brevis
and micrococcus
paratetragenus.
Still under treat-
ment.
15
207
. . .
Do.
Pneumococcus . . . Not known.
16
209
Dr. T. T. Thomson,
Jammala-
madugu.
Hay asthma . . .
A diphtheroid bacillus.
Do.
17
213
Captain Russell, I.M.S., General
Hospital, Madras.
Chronic nasal and
pharyngeal catarrh.
Pneumococcus . . . Improved.
18
218
Major F. F. Elwes, C.I.E., I.M.S.,
Madras.
Nasopharyngeal
catarrh.
Streptococcus and
micrecoccus parate-
tragenus.
Still ūnder treat-
ment.
Otitis and mastoid abscess.— The streptococcus was the organism in all the three cases, the
route of infection presumably being from the throat where streptococci abound in healthy as well
as diseased conditions, through the Eustachian tube into the middle ear. The result of auto--
genous vaccine treatment was gratifying.
Case 147.—A soldier, 21 years old, suffered from discharge from the left ear for over six months
when the right ear became infected. Five injections of the autogenous streptococcus vaccine were
given, i.e ., 2½, 2½, 5, 7½ and 15 million. There was a distinct re-action with a negative phase
after each injection, the discharge increasing in amount within 24 hours and later diminishing.
An interesting point in this case is that as the result of the vaccine treatment the patient was
relieved of an acneiform eruption on the face which was presumably caused by infection with the
same streptococcus.
Case 136.—As the result of a chill caught while bathing in a tank the patient developed an
otitis followed by swelling behind the ear, which lasted a month ending in the typical symptoms
and signs of mastoid abscess. She subsequently lost her power of co-ordination due evidently to
cerebellar implication. The abscesses were operated upon and a course of autogenous streptococ-
cus injections was given. The patient steadily regained her lost power of co-ordination and the
abscess cavity gradually filled up.
TABLE XV.
S e r i a l n u m b e r .
Case
number.
Medical officer.
Disease.
Vaccine made.
Result.
1
136
Rao Sahib Dr. C. B. Rama
Rao, B.A., M.D ., Tellicherry.
Mastoid abscess . . .
Streptococcus
. . . Practically cured.
2
147
Officer Commanding Station
Hospital, Poonamallee.
Otitis . . .
Do. . . .
Greatly improved.
3
174
D o.
d o .
Do. . . . Marked improvement.
Asthma and chronic bronchitis.— Both clinically and bacteriologically the two conditions
asthma and chronic bronchitis are closely related to each other and the terms are often employed
to represent one and the same disease. Hence they will be considered together. The bacteriologi--
cal findings and results of vaccine therapy of a large number of these cases during the present
year go to confirm the view that spasmodic asthma proper is a purely nervous disease affecting