ITS PRACTICAL VALUE TO THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER. 17 



ations are now accessible to the practitioner for small-pox, an- 

 thrax, cholera, plague, hydrophobia, and for a number of diseases 

 of the lower animals as black leg (symptomatic anthrax), hog 

 cholera, ttc. 



The curative effect of the bacterial products of the tubercle 

 bacillus devised by Koch have hardly proven commensurate with 

 their dangers, while the employment of Coley's mixed toxins of 

 prodigiosus and erysipelas for the relief of inoperable malignant 

 tumors has been followed by a cure only in occasional cases. .The 

 antitoxins have shown temporary but valuable immunizing 

 powers in diphtheria and tetanus, and the diphtheria antitoxin 

 has revealed marked curative powers much greater, indeed, than 

 that of tetanus. 



The use of streptococcus antitoxin has been followed by good 

 results in certain cases of sepsis and even small-pox. The results 

 suggest the desirability of greater accuracy in diagnosing the 

 variety of the infecting organism as an aid to the picper treat- 

 ment. 



With a prospect for the future of increased and simplified 

 diagnostic advances, and multiplied and more efficient curative 

 products, the advantage of a more thorough knowledge of bac- 

 teriology to the practitioner are not easily overestimated. 



