1. No toxic effects have been produced by the
Hetol treatment. The veins selected for
intravenous injection shewed no signs of
inflammation or thrombosis.
2. In all the cases, marked improvement in their
general condition was noticeable from the
commencement of the treatment. Body weight
and appetite increased in almost all of the
cases.
3. The tuberculous foci became much less active,
and, in some cases, all the signs of active
cavitation disappeared.
4. Body temperature was reduced as the treatment
proceeded, some cases sheaving a marked tendency
to subnormal variation. The pulse as a rule,
became less rapid.
5. Cough and sputum in every case was markedly
diminished. No haemoptysis resulted,
although two cases were subjected to the Hetol
treatment, only a few days after haemoptysis
had ceased.
6. Leucocytosis was obtained in all the cases
in which the corpuscles were estimated; in one case, more than double the nor.nal count was
reached.
7. The case of Tubercular Meningitis did not shew
any marked improvement, but, I did not expect
it in such a hopeless case, as, the treatment
was me rely experimental.
8. Sweating ceased, as a rule, shortly after the
injections were commenced.
I consider that the Hetol treatment of
Tuberculosis is worthy of a much more extensive and
prolonged trial in this country than it has received
in the past.
In conclusion, I have to thatik the Members of
the Medical Staff of the Sussex County Hospital,
Brighton, for permitting me to carry out this
treatment on their patients during my tenure of
office as House Physician for the past year.