TREATMENT OF GONOCOCCUS INFECTIONS. 



work the limitations as well as the advantages 

 of the method will appear. It should be used 

 rather in conjunction with other general meas- 

 ures such as rest, aspiration of joints distended 

 with fluid, massage, and other surgical and 

 general hygenic treatment." 



Following Wright's method, vaccines have 

 been administered almost exclusively subcu- Wright's 

 taneously by hypodermic syringe. Wright ** ° 

 believes that the injections should be made near 

 the focus of infection and so located that the 

 flow of blood and lymph is directed toward the 

 point of infection. As Wright expresses it "the 

 injection should be made "up-stream" in rela- 

 tion to lymph channels." For the most part the gj^^ ^^ 

 injections are given in the back, in the dorsal Injection, 

 or lumbar region and in the groin. The site 

 of the injection must be thoroughly cleansed 

 and made aseptic in the usual way, and great 

 care must be taken to use an absolutely sterile 

 syringe. Nothing positive seems to be known 

 about the size of dose to be administered and 

 we find anywhere from 5,000,000 to 45,000,- 

 000 gonococci spoken of as injected in cases 

 of children and 300,009,000 to 500,000,000 Dosage 

 gonococci in adult cases, without ( it is claimed) 

 bad effect. 



Dr. V. T. Churchman, Eye, Ear, Nose and 

 Throat Specialist, on the Staff of the Charles- 



19s 



