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Frequently, after two or three injections, no new 

 lesions will appear and the pre-existing ones 

 gradually clear up. Three or four inoculations 

 should be made after the disappearance of all 

 lesions. If there should be a recurrence of the 

 furuncles after an interval of several weeks or 

 months, the vaccine should again be given and 

 be continued for a longer period than previously 

 until the disappearance of all lesions. When the 

 vaccine is administered properly, there is much 

 less probability of a recurrence than with any 

 other method of treatment. 



SYCOSIS VULGARIS 



This type of sycosis is usually due to the 

 staphylococcus aureus and is frequently quite 

 resistent to local treatment, owing to the deep- 

 seated character of the infection. Staphylo- 

 coccus Vaccine should be administered in ini- 

 tial doses of 100 million gradually increased to 

 500 million or more at intervals of 5 to 7 days. 



ECZEMA 



In certain cases of chronic eczema associated 

 with a pustular infection and more or less weep- 

 ing, Staphylococcus Vaccines have given favor- 

 able results. In the dry scaly type, no benefit 



