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This patient, when I saw him, in August, 1917, did not attempt 

 to rise from his chair. His arthritic involvement had been 

 progressive, and had resisted all the conventional lines of treat- 

 ment, including vapor and mud baths, change of climate, removal 

 of the tonsils, and careful regulation of the diet under super- 

 vision of some of the most noted physicians in America. But 

 improvement was immediate and almost spectacular under use 

 of the Proteals, fifteen minims of Proteal No. 45 (alfalfa seed, 

 alfalfa meal, and millet seed) being given as an initial dose. The 

 letter from the physician above quoted was written after treat- 

 ment had been continued about two months. 



Three months later still a report from the patient himself 

 tells that he had discontinued using the Proteals for about 

 four weeks to see what the effect would be, and "although there 

 was no distinct setback I notice that the swelling began to re- 

 turn gradually in my hand, and that my feet became more ten- 

 der." Treatment was therefore resumed, with maximum dosage 

 of about twenty minims, and the next report received (and the 

 last one to date) states that the patient is "improving steadily." 



In this case the results were so spectacular that they were 

 known to every one in the community, and a considerable group 

 of rheumatoid cases have been led to take the Proteal treatment. 

 There are similar groups in various other communities, developed 

 in the same way, but I shall not go into details regarding these 

 or other cases. Full reports and an attempt at the statistical 

 summary will be given in a book to be issued a little later 

 under title, probably, of Proteal Therapy in Theory and Prac- 

 tice. Here I am concerned rather with the general interpreta- 

 tion, and the fundamental principles of the protein response. 

 For the present purpose it suffices to have shown that in a 

 certain number of cases administration of the Proteals has been 

 followed by modifications of the rheumatoid condition of such 

 character and under such circumstances as to leave it scarcely 

 open to doubt that the administration of the protein had a causal 

 relation to the observed favorable sequence of events. 



PROTEAL THERAPY AND ASTHMA AND PSORIASIS 

 Before attempting a specific interpretation of the action of the 

 Proteals in rheumatoid cases, in terms of the Proteomorphic 

 Theory, I would refer to two other types of manifestation of 

 disturbed protein metabolism, totally different in their localiza- 

 tion, yet, in my opinion, having a certain setiological relationship. 

 I refer to bronchial asthma and psoriasis. 



Both of these obstinate conditions have been treated, in a 

 small but striking group of cases, with Proteals from my labora- 

 tory by associated physicians. 



Our practical experience in the treatment of asthma with the 



