ri;i.\ ; \ OF SCARLET I i.\ 1.1: 77 



XJAI GovBunorr Bo AMP, 



> \\ , 

 M. 1909. 



I >KAR SIR, I have had the advantage of read- 

 ing an advance proof of your paper for the I 

 demiological Section, Royal Society of Medicine, 

 on 'Scarlet Fever : its Home icnt an 



vent I was glad of the opportunity, as I may 



not be able to be at the meeting on Friday. The 

 treatment which you describe, at any rate as 

 regards the eucalyptus inunction, seems to be 

 similar to that recommended by Mr. Brendon 

 CurgenvtMi in the Transactions of the Epide^ 

 logical Society for 1889-90, p. 93, who believed 



ill render hospital isolation and di 

 fection unnecessary. Dr. J. Priestley in the Trans- 



'<ms for 1894-5 took a more moderate view 

 of its usefulness. If the treatment has the advan- 

 tages which were claimed for it by Mr. Curgenven, 

 an explanation seems to be needed why it has not 

 come into more general use. I observe that you 

 combine with it a painting of the fauces with 

 carbolic oil, and this may be a material point, as 

 more importance is now attached to the faucial 

 and nasal secretions than to the skin as the 



licle of scarlatinal infection. Probably, as 

 medical officer to a resident it ion, you are 



in a more favourable position for getting hold of 

 scarlet fever cases at their onset than the private 



