TUBERCULOSIS IN THE PHILIPPINES: FINAL RESULT OF 



ONE YEAR'S SPECIFIC TREATMENT OF EIGHTY 



CASES OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. 



By Eugene R. Whitmoee. 1 

 (From the Biological Laboratory, Bureau of Science, 



, P. I. 



Ill January, 1909, I selected one hundred cases of pulmonary tuber- 

 culosis in the hospital at Bilibid Prison and divided them into five series 

 for the purpose of testing several "specifics" in their treatment. 



In August, 1909, I gave the conditions governing the selection of the 

 series, and also reported the result of the treatment at the end of six 

 months. 2 At that time I stated that at a later date I would publish a 

 final report. The treatment was continued for one year, and the table 

 below gives the result compared with a control series. 



Series. 



Died. 



Returned 



to 



duty. 



Remaining 



in 



hospital. 



Re- 

 leased. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



1. Tuberculin: 



2 

 4 



20 

 40 



»3 

 3 



30 or 20 

 30 



3 

 3 



30 

 30 



2 

 



B. Hypodermically 



Total for tuberculin 



6 



9 

 9 

 4 

 4 



30 



45 

 45 

 20 

 20 



»6 



3 

 2 



7 

 4 



30 or 25 



15 

 10 

 35 

 20 



6 



7 

 6 

 8 

 9 



30 



35 

 30 

 40 

 45 



2 



1 



"3 



1 



3 



2. Succinimide of mercury ._ 



3. Atoxyl 



4. Cinnamate of mercurv__ 



Total 



32 



32 



»22 



22 or 21 



36 



• 



36 



10 





11 One case returned to the hospital two months after his discharge, with an active pul- 

 monary tuberculosis. 



b One of the cases iu the atoxyl series had gained 3S pounds in 35 days before his 

 release. 



1 Major, Medical Corps, U. S. Army; detailed to the Biological Laboratory, 

 Bureau of Science, Manila. 



"-This Journal, Sec. B (1909), 4, 453. 



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