I.K. therapy (Immunkörper, immune substances) in pulmonary tuberculosis : with a summary of cases and forty-two illustrative charts / by William Barr.

  • Barr, William, 1887-
Date:
1916
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Credit: I.K. therapy (Immunkörper, immune substances) in pulmonary tuberculosis : with a summary of cases and forty-two illustrative charts / by William Barr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and of all ages, and treatment was carried out while they remained in their ordinary surroundings and under the worst of hygienic conditions to be found in a densely populated mining area. Moreover, the patients were either insured persons or the dependants of insured persons, and accordingly in many instances unable to procure sufficient and proper nourishment owing to their relative poverty. For each stage-group there are two columns, one giving the increase or decrease 1n weight at the end of the first week of treatment, and the other at the end of four weeks. These two periods have been selected for the following reasons :— 1. They cover a preliminary or experimental period of four weeks. 2. No other treatment, such as cod-liver oil or extra nourishment, is given during this preliminary period. 3. Being a preliminary period, there is no selection of cases as to suitability or otherwise, although of course if the case is found eminently unsuitable after the first dose (severe lysis or hypersensitiveness), treatment is stopped. Although the figures in the table have all the faults of a short series, the data show a marked and significant tendency in one direction. Of especial importance is the average gain in weight for the 45 cases taken as a whole for the two periods of one week and four weeks, without any reference to age, sex, or stage distribution. Considering the adverse conditions of the patients, and the entire impossibility of attributing the increase in weight to hygienic-dietetic measures, one can only conclude that the I.K. procured the improvement. | From Table II it would appear that I.K. exerted a more marked benefit in Stage III than in Stage I or II, and that Stage II cases did better than those in Stage I. The reason
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