| Show THAT THAI BODY OF YOURS By Dr James W. W Barton Penicillin Prevents Pre Serious Complications in Scarlet Fever I doubt if we will ever know how much we owe first to the sulfa drugs and now to lin In World War I during the flu epidemic of 1918 19 there were a great number of cases of inflammation of the middle ear that occurred in our base hospitals requiring the mastoid operation removal operation removal of part of ot the large bone behind the ear The diseased bone had to be removed removed re removed re- re moved by chisel and hammer hammerand and the wound o often t n drained aine for fot j many ny weeks before fore It It finally healed sometimes with loss of or hearing This operation was performed nearly every day for several weeks What has penicillin accomplished accomplished accomplished in these cases of media as it is called In the Journal of the American Ameri Ameri- can Medical association Dr Charles H H. Allman commander medical corps United States naval reserve states that he injected injected in injected in- in penicillin into the muscles in cases of scarlet fever m me media e d i a. a Twenty-seven Twenty cases of scarlet fever mastoid- mastoid itis iUs were cured in this manner without surgery Penicillin was injected into Into the muscle and locally in the ear in 33 cases of at media media requiring requiring re requiring re- re quiring surgery Penicillin was given in the after treatment of the operation for removal of mastoid in 14 cases in which scarlet fever was not present or orthe orthe orthe the cause This treatment lessened lessened lessened les les- the severity of the symptoms symptoms toms and there were no deaths Penicillin was applied directly directly direct direct- ly to the ear by means of a tube for an average of 63 days incases incases in incases cases of or surgical removal of the mastoid following scarlet fever and 51 days in the fever cases after which the tube was removed Administration of penicillin from the onset of scarlet fever reduces th the percentage of ear car complications In a study of at patients with scarlet fever in wards giving no penicillin I acute media developed in per cent while in wards giving penicillin the percentage of med media a cases in scarlet scarlet scarlet scar scar- let fever patients was only 56 per cent about one Allergy Send today for Dr Bartons Barton's helpful booklet entitled Allergy Allergy Al AI which means being al allergic allergic allergic al- al or sensitive to various foods and other substances Just Justi i close 10 cents and a three- three cent stamp to cover cost of handling and mailing Wrap coins carefully and mail your our letter to Dr James W W. Barton care o of The Salt Salt Lake Lake Telegram Home Service Bureau Salt Lake City Utah |
