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TABLE XIX.
Tuberculosis of glands.
Number
of
cases.
Medical officer.
Short notes of cases.
Result of treatment.
1
District Medical and Sanitary
Officer, Cuddalore.
Latchmanan.
Enlarged glands in
right groin and neck ; latter caseated
and discharging. Scraped and
Tuberculin B.E. given.
Improved.
5
Third Surgeon, General Hospital,
Madras.
Operative measures undertaken when-
ever necessary. Tuberculin adminis-
tered.
Two cured. One of them put on
20 lbs. in weight. Three im
- p r o v e d .
. . .
First Surgeon, General Hospital,
Madras.
In most of the cases the glands had
caseated and surgical interference
was necessary. In two cases there was
no caseation and no operation was
undertaken. Tuberculin B.E. used.
Good in operated cases. One
unoperated case was not suffi-
ciently treated with tuberculin.
Another operated case bene-
fited but little.
. . .
Second Surgeon, General Hospi-
tal, Madras.
Tuberculin B. E. used . . . Distinct improvement noticed in
all cases. One case in which
the dose was run up to 1 mgr.
was completely cured.
1
Civil Assistant Surgeon, Tenkasi. Tubercular glands of six years' duration
5 doses. 1/100,000 mgr. to 1/10,000
mgr. given. Treatment is being
continued.
Improved.
2
Superintendent ,
Government
Lunatic Asylum, Madras.
Both had the cervical glands affected.
8 and 11 injections respectively given
of tuberculin B. E.
One much improved. The other
slightly improved.
1
Second Physician, General
Hospital, Madras.
Tubercular glands in the neck with
sinuses. Iodoform injections
intravenously. Tuberculin, cod
liver oil, etc.
Greatly improved.
TABLE XX.
Tuberculosis of bones and joints.
Number
of
cases.
Medical officer.
Short notes of cases.
Result of treatment.
1
District Medical end Sanitary
Officer, Cuddalore.
Tubercular sinus of right elbow.
Operated thrice but without avail. A
few injections of tuberculin B.E.
given.
Cured.
1
Do.
Tubercular knee . . . No effect.
3
Third Surgeon, General Hospital,
Madras.
Tubercular joint disease . . .
Do.
1
Dr. A. Y. Narayaniah, Tinne-
velly.
Caries of clavicles. Scraped. Injections
of Salvarsan had no effect. V. Pir-
quet's reaction was strongly positive.
Tuberculin given.
Markedly improved.
4
Medical Officer, Jubilee Hospital,
Berhampur.
Tubercular bone disease. Tuberculin
B.E. administered.
One case nearly cured. Two
cases slightly improved. One
case did not benefit.
. . .
Second Surgeon, General Hospi-
tal, Madras.
Tuberculosis of bones and joints . . . No improvement.
1
Superintendent, Government
Lunatic Asylum, Madras.
Tuberculosis of the ankle joint . . . Improved.
Gonorrhœal infections, urethritis, prostatitis, etc.— No autogenous vaccine was made during
the year, but a certain number of secondary infections following gonorrhœa were found to
be associated with streptococci, staphylococci and diphtheroid bacilli, the results obtained by
the use of vaccines made from these not being of any definite benefit.
A stock polyvalent gonococcus vaccine made from four different strains of gonococcus was
issued on a large scale to a number of medical men and institutions. The results obtained by
them seem to confirm the experience of previous years, that gonococcal vaccines produce
decided benefit in the metastatic cases of gonococcal arthritis and epididymitis, but are of
comparatively little use in cases of chronic urethritis. A few interesting observations made by
one or two medical officers will be of some help in selecting the right types of cases for