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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the 31 cases treated with "I.K.," the results are not quite so
good, but the cases selected for treatment with this serum were
mostly advanced, their condition not justifying much hope that
any form of treatment would benefit them materially.
10 of the cases showed definite improvement, two to a remarkable
extent; one being so ill that he could hardly get to the dispensary,
recovered to the extent of being able to walk three to four
miles a day. Another benefited so much that she is now at work,
and it is feared that this will interrupt the treatment. Another
of the cases, one who was discharged from a sanatorium, but not
by any means cured, is now in the Army.
Five of the cases died, in four the disease advanced, while four
seem to have recovered entirely, these being cases of persistent
febrile temperature in which nothing seemed to make an impression
except this serum.
Of the eight cases treated by both tuberculin and "I.K.," only
one showed any improvement. One of these eight was also treated
with Dr. Mehnarto's Contratoxin, but with no benefit.
During the year six cases have been treated with autogenous
vaccines prepared from the patient. Only one of these cases was
of undoubted tuberculosis, but with marked secondary infection.
Considerable benefit was derived from the vaccine. Another case
invalided out of the Army but in whom no definite signs of tuberculosis
could be made out, has improved very much by the treatment.
The four remaining cases, delicate children attending regularly
for prophylactic treatment, have all improved, in two marked signs
in the lungs having cleared up.
Only cases in which ordinary treatment had failed and in which
there seemed a reasonable prospect of marked benefit were selected
for this form of treatment.