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macological aspects of the methods used in the per rectum ad- 

 ministration of the serum, stating that the lessening of the 

 number of stools, because of the morphine given, must be taken 

 into consideration if this is to be considered one of the criteria 

 of improvement as the result of the serum therapy. Doctor 

 Calderon reported that he had experienced little success with 

 antidysentery serum, but thought that the freshly prepared local 

 product might be more effective. Doctor Albert stated that he 

 has practically failed in treating dysentery in children with 

 serum, but most of his cases were in a collapsed and dying 

 condition when admitted to the hospital. 



REMOTE MANIFESTATIONS OF FOCAL DENTAL INFECTION, 



WITH CASE REPORTS 



By Dr. R. Fernandez 



The writer emphasized the work of the last seven years on 

 the importance of focal chronic dental infections to such con- 

 ditions as arthritis, neuritis, gastritis, leucaemia, etc. He spoke 

 of the local treatment of the abscess, the use of autogenous vac- 

 cines, and particularly the diagnosis by means of the Rontgen ray. 

 The methods employed require 5 exposures by the extraoscular 

 method and 12 by the intraoscular ; the former is to be preferred. 

 Skiagrams showing focal dental lesions and case histories were 

 presented, the results of the treatment being in full accord with 

 recent published observations. 



DISCUSSION 



Doctor Crowell pointed out that while attention to the teeth 

 as a source of obscure infections is important, we must consider 

 also the appendix, other parts of the intestines, the gall bladder, 

 the stomach, deflected septum, and hypertrophied turbinates of 

 the nose, the ears, and the genito-urinary organs. Doctor Ottofy 

 quoted an article by Willoughby D. Miller, an American dentist 

 in Berlin, written twenty-seven years ago, in which the signif- 

 icance of focal dental infections was pointed out; he reviewed 

 the late development of this study in the United States and 

 emphasized the necessity of prophylaxis, proper bridge work, 

 and the needless extraction of teeth, many of which may be 

 saved for the patient. 



R. B. Gibson, 

 Editor of the Proceedings, 



Manila Medical Society. 



