REMARKS:-
M 173
Pulmonary Tuberculosis:- Large numbers find admission whenever accommodation is available. Unfortunately the majority are in an advanced stage of the disease.
Peripheral Neuritis: This condition remains all frequent and the main aetiological factors are exposure and starvation.
Children's Diseases:- Admissions remain extremely small in number because of lack of accommodation. The Queen Mary Hospital will be a great advance in our facilities for the treatment of children.
The Anaemias:- Close observations are being made on all cases of anaemia. Fractional test meals are carried out in all cases with a view to establishing a possible correlation between a diminished or normal HCl content and the effectiveness of haematinics taken by mouth.
The comparative values of haematinics are being recorded and particular observations are being made on the comparative value of Iron preparations given by mouth and special Iron preparations administered by injection. In connection with this work Messrs. Parke, Davis & Co. kindly supplied me with their new Iron product "Naferon" specially prepared for use by injection. It is too soon to give any reliable figures but it appears that Parke, Davis & Co. have produced a preparation of Iron which is very effective when given by injection. Up to now it has been impossible to inject iron preparations in sufficient amount to produce clinical improvement and at the same time avoid toxic symptoms.
Peripheral Neuritis:- Clinical observations are being made on this disease. Diet factors, gastric function, blood calcium and phosphorus content and radiological examination of the bony skeleton are all closely studied; an interesting finding has been a fairly widespread decalcification of the bones in cases of peripheral neuritis.
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis:- In reference to this disease a new method of treatment is being adopted in a limited number of cases - namely that of using the newly introduced Ferry's antitoxin. Hoyne in America produced figures to show improved results by this form of therapy.
The antitoxin is used by intravenous and intra-muscular routes as early as possible and the results here have been very good but the number of cases has been small.
Again I have to thank our generous friends Parke, Davis & Co. who gave the antitoxin free of charge.
REMARKS:-
M 173
Pulmonary Tuberculosis:-Large numbers find admission whenever accommodation is available. Unfortunately the ma-
jority are in an advanced stage of the disease.
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Peripheral Neuritis: This condition remains all frequent and the main aetiological factors are exposure and
starvation.
Children's Diseases: -Admissions remain extremely small in number because of lack of accommodation. The Queen Mary Hospital will be a great advance in our facilities for the treat- ment of children.
The Anaemias --Close observations are being made on all cases of anaemia. Fractional test meals are carried out in all cases with a view to establishing a possible correlation between a diminished or normal HC1 content and the effectiveness of haematinics taken by mouth.
The comparative values of haematinics are being recorded and particular observations are being made on the comparative value of Iron preparations given by mouth and special Iron pre- parations administered by injection. In connection with this work Messrs. Parke, Davis & Co. kindly supplied me with their new Iron product "Naferon-specially prepared for use by in- jection. It is too soon to give any reliable figures but it appears that Parke, Davis & Co. have produced a preparation of Iron which is very effective when given by injection. Up to now it has been impossible to inject iron preparations in sufficient amount to produce clinical improvement and at the same time avoid toxic symptoms.
Peripheral Neuritis: -Clinical observations are being made on this disease. Diet factors, gastric function, blood calcium and phosphorus content and radiological examination of the bony skeleton are all closely studied an interesting finding has been a fairly widespread decalcification of the bones in cases of peripheral neuritis.
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis:-In reference to this disease a new method of treatment is being adopted in a limited number of cases-namely that of using the newly introduced Ferry's antitoxin. Hoyne in America produced figures to show improved results by this form of therapy.
The antitoxin is used by intravenous and intra-muscular routes as early as possible and the results here have been very good but the number of cases has been small.
Again I have to thank our generous friends Parke, Davis & Co. who gave the antitoxin free of charge.
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