The Treatment 

 in Europe. 



The Treatmept 

 in the 

 United States. 



Opsinic Index 

 Not Necessary. 



JSACTERIOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL. 



used for this purpose Wright calls bacterial 



vaccine. 



Dr. John Pardoe, Fellow of the Royal Col- 

 lege of Surgeons, London, England, in an 

 article written for the London Practitioner, 

 January, 1908, states that he has "seen the vac- 

 cine treatment of gonorrheal infections used 

 not only in the subacute and chronic forms, but 

 in the acute conditions, such as urethritis, and 

 conjunctivitis, with such marked beneficial 

 results as to justify a wider use of this method. 



Drs. Cole and Meakins in the bulletin of the 

 Johns Hopkins Hospital, June- July, 1907, 

 state : "In no case have we seen the administra- 

 tion of gonococcic vaccine do harm, and we 

 feel that these cases offer sufficient justification 

 for the treatment of gonorrheal arthritis by 

 means of vaccine in doses of 500,000,000 to 

 1,000,000,000, gonococci, administered every 

 seven to ten days." Other writers give similar 

 opinions. 



Some authorities state that it is advisable 

 although not absolutely necessary to control 

 the inoculations by the patient's "opsonic 

 index". Many others do not hold this view. 



While gratifying results have been obtained 

 both in the United States and in Europe by the 

 bacterial vaccine treatment of diseases caused 

 by gonorrheal infections, too much must not be 

 expected of it in the way of cure. "With further 

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