A preliminary report on 120 cases of tuberculosis treated with the Friedmann vaccine / by Harry Lee Barnes.

  • Barnes, Harry Lee, 1877-
Date:
1913
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Credit: A preliminary report on 120 cases of tuberculosis treated with the Friedmann vaccine / by Harry Lee Barnes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    days after admission. Received vaccine to-day. April 22nd. Has gained four and three-fourths pounds. May 7th. Has had six days of fever, maximum being 102, during which he lost four and one-fourth pounds. May 28th. No induration formed after the first injection. Second dose of vaccine to-day. Has gained twelve and one-fourth pounds since last note. July 10th. Discharged from the institution to-day; has gained twenty pounds since admission. A few subcrepitant rales and pleuritic signs are present above left nipple and still has some pleurisy pain here. August 24. Has been working since he left the institution and has gained six pounds more; signs and pleurisy pains same as last note. Induration after second injection lasted about a month. Case No. 2044. B. M., Female, age 41, admitted March 20, 1913- Duration 120 months. Right lung consolidation at the apex with cavity signs, but only a moderate amount of moisture in upper lobe. Left upper lobe infiltrated near the apex, but only moderate moisture. Both lower lobes are clear except for a few subcrepitant rales at the apices posteriorly. Patient, has no fever. Pulse 80 to 100. Sputum amount in 24 hours 15 c. c. April 9th. Patient has gained 11 pounds. Given vaccine to-day. June 14. Had induration only a few weeks. Has gained 29 pounds since admission; given second injection of vaccine to-day. July 12. In- oculation abscess present since June 28th, discharged to-day. August 26. Has now gained 27 pounds since admission. Very little sputum in which tubercle bacilli have not been found since the day after admission. Signs of cavity or consolidation at right apex less prominent. Class C. Failure to Make Noteworthy Improvement Both Before and After the Vaccine Treatment. There were many such cases, but to save space only eight are given. Case 2082. S. H., Female, age 31, injected by Dr. Friedmann be- fore admission. Sister died of T. B. Had felt run down for about two years previous to the onset of pulmonary symptoms. Cough began November, 1912, followed by loss of weight and strength and slight dysp- noea. Expectoration began in March, 1913. April 2nd, had a period of high fever with severe cough which lasted a week. The maximum daily tem- perature then was usually between 99 and 100 from April 9th to 15th, when it was normal on the 15th and 16th. April 17th, patient was given an inti a-muscular injection by Dr. Friedmann. The following three days the temperature continued normal, but the patient complained of feeling weak on the night of the 20th. The next day fever came on, using to 102-103, and continued three days. Temperature then dropped to normal, or thereabouts. Admitted April 28th. Evening temperature on the day of admission 100.4, pulse 104, respiration 26. Amount of sputum 25 c. c- T. B. present. May 2. Sweating and severe cough. , . ^ r. * Temperature 102.6. May 10. Temperature has continued nigh with morning remissions of two degrees. Mav 11th. Evening temperature 104.2. May 12. Drop in temperature to normal in early morning, followed by sweating and chills in the P. M. May 14.