XIV, 1 Lantin: Treatment of Typhoid Fever Al 
the result of imperfect sterilization of the milk used. Upon 
evacuation of the abscess the temperature completely subsided 
after twenty-four hours. Of all the injections made, only these 
two cases developed such abscess formations. The accompany- 
ing chart shows the effect of the treatment (fig. 8). 
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Fic. 8. Temperature chart of E. A. Illustrating the effect of intramuscular injection of milk. 
Symptomatology—The symptoms observed were: A slight 
rise of temperature; pain and tenderness in the gluteal region; 
slight leucocytosis; and gradual amelioration of subjective 
symptoms. The temperature may become lytic, remittent, or 
intermittent. An example of the benefited type in which the 
temperature became remittent, finally falling to normal, is illus- 
trated in the accompanying temperature record. 
Complications.—The complications that were observed are 
shown in Table XIX: 
TABLE XIX.—Complications before and during treatment. 
Before | During 
‘treat- treat- 
ment. ment. 
Lobar p ee eh ence Uae PACE EL bw e adi cowena ee see epeeee ise 
Intestinal heemorrhage.---------------------------- -------------------------- 
Abscess of the buttocks__..---------------------- ----------------------------- 
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8 Hemorrhage appeared five days after injection and the patient died. 
Table XIX shows that four cases exhibiting complications 
were observed during the treatment, of which one case was lobar ~ 
pneumonia, one case was intestinal hemorrhage, and two cases 
had abscess in the buttocks accounted for by improper sterili- 
zation of the milk-used. 
Mortality.—There were two deaths out of eight cases, giving 
a mortality rate of 25 per cent. One of these cases that died 
