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Out of the sixty, 21 replied, of whom only one doctor thought
that the vaccine was of no value. The remainder of these
doctors, from their own personal experiences in Homsey, behoved
that this vaccine was of value both in the prevention
and in the treatment of these respiratory infections. It will be
of interest to quote shortly from some of the letters written to
me by Hornsey practitioners on this subject:—
"I tried it on two patients, both of them thought it
lessened the number of attacks of colds during the Winter.
They intend having injections this Autumn. I also tried
it on myself, and had only one attack, and was able to carry
on without having to take to bed,"
"The Pneumococcal Vaccine which you sent me last
Spring has been of considerable benefit in preventing
Catarrhal attacks. I have always been very subject to such
attacks in the Winter, so gave myself two injections in
October and was quite free till March, when I gave myself
further injections. I intend giving myself injections how
and repeat again in about three months."
I have used the Vaccine you kindly sent on several
people who suffered regularly from Influenza of a severe
type and from frequent colds and bronchial catarrh with
very good results. None of them has been troubled since."
"In one case of a patient who suffers from chronic
catarrhal condition every Winter, there was a decided
improvement."
"I used the Vaccine you sent last Winter with satisfactory
results, more than one expressing the opinion that
it had been a protection to them."
"In none of the cases has there been any subsequent
pneumonic conditions, and as regards the catarrh, the fact
that I have not been consulted by any of these patients
since the injections shows that they have been cured of
it, or that the cold has been too slight to need medical
advice."
I find that patients return Autumn after Autumn to
be injected, having experienced much protection from
catarrhs from its use."
"I saw very little Pneumonia and none in the
vaccinated."