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ment was discontinued in the case under consideration, and 

 that the patient remains in a condition of normal health. She 

 was under treatment for hay fever for a short time during the 

 summer following the disappearance of her rheumatoid difficul- 

 ties, but there has been no evidence of a tendency to recurrence 

 of the old malady. 



In recent months a number of cases of arthritis of various 

 types have come under treatment in my office. Reports have 

 come to me also from other physicians who have used the Pro- 

 teals from my laboratory in the treatment in cases of rheuma- 

 tism of various types. The evidence as a whole is not yet in 

 any wise comparable to the evidence regarding the Proteal treat- 

 ment of cancer, but in the main it is corroborative of the observa- 

 tions above recorded. Patients suffering from the most intract- 

 able forms of arthritis have had their pains banished and their 

 rigid joints made mobile. Patients suffering from milder types 

 of rheumatism have shown amelioration of the unpleasant symp- 

 toms and conspicuous improvement in the general condition 

 together with a characteristic regenerative modification of the 

 blood almost from the outset. With cases of the latter type 

 doses of 5 to 10 minims of one of the standard Proteal extracts 

 for example, No. 45 have proved efficacious. For the more 

 severe cases the dosage has been advanced, gradually, to 15, 20, 

 and even 30 minims. But I have not thought it necessary or 

 desirable to force the dosage to the point of producing severe 

 reactions as a rule. I believe the best results are attainable by 

 giving relatively small doses for a long period of time. 



Spectacular results through the use of one or two heroic doses 

 have been reported in recent months by physicians using the 

 proteins of the typhoid bacillus ; but it is my opinion that the 

 method designed to bring about slow and gradual modifications 

 in the affected joints will be found in the end more efficacious, 

 as it is unquestionably the more pleasant method of treatment. 



Details of technique aside, -however, it would appear that the 

 evidence justifies a large measure of confidence in the possibili- 

 ties of treating rheumatsm and various rheumatoid conditions 

 with non-specific proteins associated, as a matter of course, 

 with general hygienic measures, including low protein (and 

 chiefly vegetable protein) diet and systematic exercises. 



DIETETIC ANOMALIES EXPLAINED 



As to diet, however, I would offer a suggestion, which will 

 perhaps seem anomalous ; but which is based on a wide range of 

 experience in the first instance, and supported theoretically by 

 the fundamental principles of the Proteomorphic theory. It 



