Notes of Reply to Criticisms of 

 a Synopsis of Paper on Scarlet Fever 



(Bead before the Epidemiologist Section of the Royal Society of 

 Medicine on Friday, November 26, 1909.) 



IT has given me great pleasure to be present here 

 this evening, and also to listen to the remarks by 

 various speakers on the paper which I have read. 



One or two comments have been made as to the 

 alleged risk of using 1 in 10 carbolic oil both in 

 regard to the throat and to the kidneys. I have 

 used it for thirty years, and I have never found 

 that it gave pain or caused trouble in any w 

 In fact it greatly relieves pain, and enables the 

 patient to swallow with comfort. 



Drs. Turner and Biernacki gave us reports of 

 their experience in the isolation hospital. One 

 important point to be borne in mind in this 

 connection, however, is that in hospital practice 

 the medical attendant is unable to apply the 

 treatment at the earliest period of the disease, and 

 I regard this as of vital moment. Consequently 

 such cases as have been reported upon come under 

 the category of secondary infection, regarding 

 which I have asked in my paper : " Are not all 

 these complications caused by secondary infec- 



