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vaccine was prepared and injections were given, with gradual 
and complete disappearance of fever. 
Case 7. — M. V., adult, Filipino; suffering trifacial neuralgia, 
right side, for some time. " All medical and electric treatment 
given in Europe was of no avail. There was improvement but 
never a cure. Radiograms taken show evidences of pyorrhoea 
in the false molar and canine, right side, inferior maxilla. These 
teeth were extracted, and the culture taken was positive for 
Micrococcus viridans. As a result of injection of the autovac- 
cine the intervals between attacks of the neuralgia are longer 
and the pains less intense. Patient is at present under treat- 
ment and observation. 
Case 8. — M., adult, Filipino, male, married; with previous 
history of rheumatic pain and venereal disease, very suspiciously 
like syphilis. He has been suffering for a long time from pe- 
riodical attacks of trifacial neuralgia, severe in character. He 
received the usual treatment for trifacial neuralgia, and mer- 
cury injections for suspected syphilis. Treatment was a failure. 
On examination, his teeth were found to be in very poor condi- 
tion. Radiogram shows evidences of pyorrhoea in the upper 
bicuspids, right side, and an abscess of the first molar, lower 
right. Once the pyorrhoea and the abscess were treated, he made 
a complete recovery. 
Cage 9. — V., adult, Filipino, married; with previous history 
of rheumatic pains with acute exacerbations, only relieved by 
salicylate treatment, but the symptoms never disappeared en- 
tirely. Radiogram showed the presence of an abscess in the 
false molar, and pyorrhoea in some of the teeth. Local treat- 
ment of the pyorrhoea and the abscess, ^nd autogenous vaccine, 
resulted in a complete cure. 
Case 10. — J. L., adult, Filipino, married; complaining of acute 
inflammation of the joint of the right shoulder. Mouth in a 
very bad condition, with evidences of pyorrhoea. Former treat- 
ment for arthritis of no avail. He could not use or move his 
right arm on account of pains. Polyvalent vaccine was pre- 
pared, and after three successive injections of 100,000,000 each, 
there was observed marked diminution of the inflammation. 
Ten days after treatment the patient was able to use his right 
arm. 
The cases above reported, and those under my observation 
and treatment, are certainly very few from which to draw 
conclusions ; but examination of the history of the cases reported 
will show that the results obtained from the therapeutics fol- 
