16 FOREWORD 



laboratories everywhere, as certain serums and vaccines are now 

 made, for free distribution to the profession for treatment of the 

 poor. Meantime, to the full extent of my personal resources, I 

 shall see that no one is denied the benefactions of the Proteal 

 treatment for want of money. 



The Proteals hitherto used most extensively, as supplied from 

 my laboratory to several hundred physicians in various parts of 

 the world, are chiefly those made from Alfalfa seed, Alfalfa 

 meal, Mustard seed, Rape seed, Hemp seed, and Millet seed. 

 Numerous other vegetable materials and some animal materials 

 have been tested experimentally, and some of these give promise 

 of therapeutical usefulness as suppliers of proteins. Meantime, 

 the available Proteals (which have passed entirely beyond the 

 experimental stage, having been used for minimum periods of 

 eighteen months, and administered to hundreds of patients in 

 the aggregate) are sufficiently varied to meet a wide range of 

 therapeutic needs. 



The Proteals now available, as prepared in my laboratory, are 

 distinguished merely by numbers No. 29 contains the protein of 

 Alfalfa meal ; No. 36, Mustard seed protein ; No. 38, Millet seed 

 protein ; No. 39, Alfalfa seed protein ; No. 42, Rape seed protein. 

 No. 37 is a mixture of the proteins of Mustard and Alfalfa ; No. 

 40, a mixture of Mustard and Rape proteins ; No. 45, a mixture 

 of proteins of Alfalfa seed, Alfalfa meal, and Millet seed ; No. 

 60, a mixture of proteins of Alfalfa seed and Alfalfa meal ; No. 

 65, a mixture of the seed proteins of Alfalfa, Mustard, Millet, 

 and Rape, and the protein of Alfalfa meal. 



A newer series includes proteins of Oats, No. 50 ; Potato, No. 

 61 ; Wheat, No. 62 ; Carrot, No. 63 ; Flax, No. 64 ; Cotton, No. 

 66 ; Red Clover, No. 67 ; White Clover, No. 68 ; Spinach, No. 70. 



A new combination, designated No. 75, includes the seed pro- 

 teins of Red Clover, Cotton, Hemp, Flax, and Carrot. A mix- 

 ture of this combination, in equal parts with the combination 

 above designated as No. 65, gives ten types of protein and is 

 designated Proteal No. 100. 



All these Proteals are standardized on the basis of a two- 

 per cent, protein solution, as above detailed ; and the dosage and 

 method of administration are substantially the same for all. 



Administration of the Proteals is always hypodermic, prefer- 

 ably subcutaneous (not intramuscular or intravenous). The in- 

 jection may advantageously be given into the back of the upper 

 arm, about midway between elbow and shoulder. Some physi- 

 cians prefer the gluteal region. If properly administered in suit- 

 able doses, the injection should cause very little local irritation, 

 and practically no reaction, local or general. Patients differ con- 

 siderably, however, in their sensitiveness. 



