252 ABSTRACTS 



Experimental Study of the Effect of Emetinized Blood on the Typhoid 

 Bacillus. Marcus Beekman. Medical Record, 1916, 89, 284. 

 The subcutaneous administration of emetine hydrochloride in 0.5 

 grain doses every six hours does not impart to the blood any bacteri- 

 cidal properties for the typhoid bacillus. — M. W. C. 



Newer Practical Points in the Treatment of Typhoid Fever. Beverley 



Robinson. Medical Record, 1916, 89, 311. 



In a discussion of the newer methods of treatment of typhoid fever, 

 the advantages of vaccine treatment are considered as still questionable. 

 — M. W. C. 



Note on a Skin Reaction in Pneumonia. Richard Weil. Jour. Exp. 



Med., 1915, S3, 10-14. 



The intradermic injection of pneumococcus autolysate in patients suf- 

 fering from pneumonia produced such variations in the skin reactions 

 that the author concludes that from a diagnostic standpoint, at least, 

 the test has no significance. — B. W. 



The Preparation aiid Preservation of Complement. Loyd Thompson. 



Jour. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 652. 



Fresh guinea pig complement is diluted 1: 1 with an 8.1 per cent 

 sodium chlorid solution. It is sealed in small tubes, 2 cc. to the tube. 

 Before use 8 cc. of water is added to a tube, giving an isotonic 1 : 10 

 dilution of guinea pig serum. Complement held under these condi- 

 tions is active for two weeks or longer. — G. H. S.- 



Frontal and Maxillary Sinusitis and Sequelae. Due to Staphylococcus 

 pyogenes albus. Ralph Opdyke. Medical Record, 1916, 89, 18. 

 An account of a case in which a prolonged series of severe and ob- 

 stinate involvements was found to be due solely to Staphylococcus 

 alhus. An autogenous vaccine, prepared and administered immediately 

 after the beginning of the disease, was used without beneficial re- 

 sults.— M. W. C. 



Recent Developments in the Treatment of Leprosy. Victor G. Heiser. 



New York Med. Jour., 1916, 103, 289; 



In reviewing the methods which have been used in the treatment 

 of leprosy, the author states that vaccine treatment has apparently 

 caused improvement in some cases, but in his own experience it has 

 proved unreliable. In his opinion, the most satisfactory treatment con- 

 sists of the subcutaneous administration of a mixture of chalumoogra 

 oil, camphorated oil, and resorcin. The use of this mixture has caused 

 cures in some cases, marked improvement in many. Examination of 

 material taken from cured cases did not reveal the presence of leprosy 

 baciUi.— M. W. C. 



