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Thus 70 per cent, of the active cases were ionized. Of the
other 30 per cent, some required only appropriate treatment at the
ionization clinic and cleared up successfully; others are due to
return after operation treatment. The results of treatment are
shown only in those cases subjected to ionization. As already
mentioned the number available for reporting on is reduced to 14
at the end of the two years period and therefore the percentages
are possibly fallacious. These percentages are, of course, calculated
on the number available for reporting on and not on the number
discharged as dry.
Sometimes cases referred for tonsillectomy are ionized while
awaiting operation and clear up surprisingly. Relapses are, however,
common in this group and the table cannot show at what
period of attendance the operation was performed. In some cases
it did not take place until after a relapse had occurred.
Table XXXII shews the number of applications of ionization
required in those eventually discharged as dry.
Table XXXII.
Number of Applications.
One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. More than Ten,
33 12 6 3 1 1 2
These figures show, perhaps more than any others, the advantage
of ionization. Many of the oases responding to one application
had previously received prolonged treatment with drops.