BACTERL\L INOCULATION 283 



Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat 

 Singularly perhaps, but nevertheless fortunately, 

 infections of the eyes have, in the majority of in- 

 stances, demonstrated the great value of bacterin 

 therapy ; not so much can be claimed in the treatment 

 of diseases of the ear, nose and throat. There are 

 certain anatomical facts explanatory, at least in the 

 case of the ear, of these variable effects. 



Conjunctivitis and Dacryocystitis, — The follow- 

 ing bacteria have been isolated: Pneumococcus, 

 Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Gonococcus, M, catar- 

 rhalis, Friedldndefs bacillus, Koch-Weeks bacillus, 

 Moraoj-Accenfeld bacillus, Pyocyaneus bacillus and 

 Tubercle bacillus. In many acute infections, notably 

 that due to the bacillus of Koch- Weeks, the usual 

 ophthalmological treatment will prove all-sufficient, 

 while in chronic types, as that caused by the bacillus 

 of Morax-Axenfeld, frequently little response fol- 

 lows ordinary treatment and the effect of bacterins 

 appears to be specific. Between these are a number 

 of infections due to the gonococcus, pneumococcus, 

 streptococcus, etc., which may do well with ordinary 

 measures, but in which the accessory employment of 

 bacterins hastens convalescence, diminishes the in- 

 roads of the pathological process, prevents sympa- 

 thetic ophthalmia and avoids the loss of vision. In 



