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to have combined serum injections with Roentgen rays in a similar 

 manner of treatment. 



PEDIATRICS 



Slawik has reported on the treatment of infants with nonspecific 

 therapy, using human milk injected intramuscularly in doses from 1 

 to 5 c.c. usually in two-day intervals. In most cases the milk was 

 first boiled; in a few cases he used the raw milk without encounter- 

 ing any ill effects. 



Slawik found that the reaction obtained was independent of the 

 age of the child, but was influenced by the state of nutrition, that is, 

 the vitality of the patient, by the feeding, and to some extent by 

 the particular disease process from which the child was suffering. 

 There were no ill effects from the injections and when for purposes of 

 comparison healthy infants were treated with injections of similar 

 amounts there was no alteration in the weight curve. With repeated 

 injections the reactions became less intense and Slawik calls atten- 

 tion to the well-known fact that humans are normally relatively re- 

 sistant to anaphylactic sensitization so that the danger from this 

 source snould not be overestimated. 



Among the 26 cases treated by him were the following: 



3 ophthalmoblennorrhea. These were followed by a decided focal 

 reaction; one improved at once, the others after repeated injections. 



3 erysipelas. 1 improved at once, one after three weeks, the other 

 case became chronic and later developed meningitis. 



4 of multiple abscesses. These were healed in from 7 to 10 days. 



1 phlegmon in a marantic child. The general condition improved 

 after the injections and, despite the continued cachexia, the phlegmon 

 healed. 



2 marantic infants. One of these with thrush; this infant became 

 more agile, drank better and recovered. The other was not altered. 



3 with chronic exudative diathesis; they were not altered. 



6 severe dysenteries, of whom 4 died. After the injections a very 

 high agglutinin titer was observed in all the cases. 



In a later series Slawik injected infants parenterally with white of 

 egg, breast milk or other substances in treatment of various pathologic 

 conditions. The results were disappointing, probably on account of the 

 inadequate development of the defensive forces at this age. Actual 

 benefit was realized only with pyodermatitis and gonococcus infection. 



Langer has studied particularly the furunculosis of infants. He 

 noted that after the injection of various vaccines, no matter what 

 the clinical result, there was little or no antibody response. As a 

 result he decided that the clinical benefit could not be a specific one 



