ANTI-STREPTOCOCCIC SERUM. 



Opinions of scientists with regard to the 

 value of Anti-Streptococcic Serum differ" very 

 widely so far as its use in treating human in- 

 fections is concerned. Some investigators have 

 found it useful in lowering the temperature, 

 improving the general condition and shorten- 

 ing the course of diseases in which the strep- 

 toccod are known to be either the primary 

 cause or in which they exist as a complication. 

 Scarlet fever and acute rheumatism, for ex- 

 ample, are among the latter diseases. 



Bacteriological examination is necessary to 

 prove that the streptococci are either the cause 

 of the disease to be treated with the Anti- 

 streptococcic Serum, or that they are present 

 as a complication. 



In our medical journals, hospital bulletins 

 and from reports of physicians in private prac- 

 tice we find arguments both for and ag^ainst 

 the use of the Anti-Streptococcic Serum as a 

 therapeutic measure. Like other inoculation 

 substances, it must be used by those who are 

 up-to-date in bacteriological processes before 

 its real value shall be satisfactorily determined. 



Among the diseases in which Anti-Strep- 

 toccic inoculations have proven to be of great 

 value when used by expert practitioners are 

 the following: Chronic osteomyelitis, chronic 

 eczema, cystitis, urethritis, peurperal sep- 



