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nounced relief. I wish to give him a regular course of the 

 treatment." 



Under date of December 22, 1917, he sent a personal letter 

 containing this interesting item : "I want to tell you about the 

 case of asthma. I used five minim doses of Proteal No. 45 

 every other day with the most striking results. Patient only 

 experiences one or two slight attacks toward morning which soon 

 pass off and he is free all day. Prior to the Proteal he was un- 

 able to do his practice (he is a dentist). At times I have gone 

 into his office to find him stretched out fighting for breath. To 

 show you how well he is feeling he went duck shooting the 

 other day and carried a sack of grain across the field to feed 

 the ducks, with no effect whatsoever on his asthma." 



And under date of January 17, 1918, there is this letter: "I 

 wish to report further on the case of bronchial asthma that I have 

 been treating with your Proteal. My results are most remark- 

 able in that the case has resisted every other line of treatment 

 for years. The patient had not had a whole night's sleep for 

 three years to my personal knowledge. He reports to-day that 

 he has been sleeping soundly for the last three weeks, and that 

 he had no trouble whatsoever; gaining in weight; works at his 

 profession every day, all day. 



"I inject five minims of Proteal No. 45 every third day. I 

 have not changed the type of protein." 



Just a month later, February 17, the final report up to date 

 states that the patient "is now using eight minims to a dose every 

 third day, and is absolutely free from all symptoms of asthma 

 while taking the Proteal that way." 



I may add that the same letters that tell of the progress of 

 this case also report on several cases of rheumatoid arthritis 

 which "have all improved greatly, although the improvement has 

 been much slower than in the asthma. I have used the same 

 Proteal and the same dosage as in the asthma." Also there is 

 report of a second case of asthma which is "steadily improving 

 under the Proteal treatment. The asthmatic attacks are much 

 less frequent, and on the whole she is getting better every day." 

 This second asthmatic patient is the wife of a physician. Pro- 

 teal No. 45 has been used in the treatment of this case as in the 

 other. 



I will here supplement this report in specific cases only by 

 noting that the Proteals are now being tested on a series of 

 asthma cases in a large city hospital by an associated physician 

 who reports tentative results that are "really encouraging in 

 practically every case." Ultimate conclusions from this elab- 

 orate test will not be reached for some time to come. 



As to the treatment of psoriasis with the Proteals. It should 



