NELSON W. JANNEY 



Such a procedure might give much aid in the selection of cases as well as 



the control of treatment. 



Treatment With Aid of Intestinal Antiseptics. McCarrison (a) 

 warmly recommends full doses of the intestinal antiseptics, such as iodin, 

 0-naphthol, quinin, thymol, salol, and reproduces a number of photographs 

 showing improvement after such treatment which was carried out in 200 

 cases. Messerli of Lausanne has confirmed McCarrison's experience with 

 the use of intestinal antiseptics including the use of salol and creosote. The 

 latter writer claims good results in some cases with the use of autogenous 

 vaccines of fecal bacteria. If intestinal toxemia should on further re- 

 search he demonstrated as an important cause of the cretinic degeneration, 

 the modern dietetic treatment of this condition might become an important 

 adjunct to the care of such cases. 



