Show inoculation for diphtheria among the european medical cases recently reported are three of severe diphtheria which quickly recovered after they were attacked with erysipelas this led the physician to experiment with the treatment of diphtheria by inoculations with the cultures of erysipelas microbes mic robes fourteen patients being treated by this method the inoculations were made by means of eions in the neck at the ride directly under the jaw the symptoms of ery showed themselves in from four to twelve hours and as this disease progressed the membrane gradually disappeared from the throat the glandular enlargements went down and other associate symptoms disappeared in two cases only was this treatment ineffectual and in these death occurred before the erysipelas develops J no additional treatment was resorted to new york tribune |