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I can see an improvement, although the affected joints are still 

 stiffened and sore. She rests much better and has not the con- 

 stant pain that bothered her so much formerly. She is enthu- 

 siastic, and wishes to keep up the treatment faithfully." 



Another recent letter, this time from British Columbia, tells 

 that the patient, for fifteen years a sufferer from rheumatoid 

 arthritis of the most intractable type, has just stood upon her 

 feet for the first time in ten months, and has found a measure of 

 relief from pain under Proteal treatment after she had long 

 despaired of ever finding solace. 



I would not be understood to imply, however, that Proteal 

 therapy has hitherto proved adequate or satisfactory in all rheu- 

 matoid cases to which it has been applied. I have seen it fail 

 in at least one case that came under my personal observation. 

 The patient is a case of chronic arthritis, of progressive type, 

 who twice came to my office for personal examination, and to 

 whom the Proteals were administered in varying dosage for a 

 term of months. On the morning on which I am completing this 

 chapter, I received (from physician number 767, New York) 

 the following letter: 



"I regret to report that Mrs. does not show any improve- 

 ment under treatment with Proteals; I cannot conscientiously 

 say there has been relief in any of the joints, while the cervical 

 and lumbar vertebrae seem now to be involved. It is certainly 

 an obstinate infirmity. Apparently in this particular case the 

 Proteal does not seem to have developed any protection." 



I may add that earlier reports suggest a certain improvement 

 in general health, which, however, was not of vast significance ; 

 and that there were modifications of the blood count that led 

 at one time to favorable anticipations. But apparently in this 

 case we have failed hitherto to find the source of disturbed meta- 

 bolism or to counteract effectively the pre-existing maladjust- 

 ments. 



In the contrast with this unsatisfactory showing, I may quote 

 a letter from another physician concerning a case that also had 

 come under my personal observation, but which, like the case 

 just cited, was not treated personally by me, although in both 

 cases the Proteals used were supplied from my laboratory. Here 

 is the letter (from physician number 784, Montana) : 



"The patient whom you saw when you were lecturing on the 

 Chautauqua Circuit has shown a remarkable improvement. All 

 his friends speak about his ease in walking. Perhaps you do not 

 recall, but he was suffering from chronic arthritis, and of some 

 of the notables who treated him, Dr. [a famous Chicago 

 physician] was the last. The patient has attended two dances 

 and taken an active part since beginning the Proteal treatment." 



