A Preliminary Report on the Treatment of Kala-Azar with Intravenous Injection of Metallic Antimony

of trypanosomiasis by intravenous injection of tartar emetic or other soluble salts of antimony, it has been found that though they quickly free the peripheral blood from trypanosomes, still the parasites remain in the internal organs. So far, therefore, the treatment of trypanosomiasis by means of intravenous injection of soluble salts of antimony has not been a permanent success. In kala-azar, in which the parasites live mostly in the internal organs, the same line of treatment may, from these theoretical considerations, be not expected to do much good. However, the treatment of kala-azar with tartar emetic and other soluble salts of antimony will form the subject of a future communication, though it may be remarked here, in passing, that good results with tartar emetic have been recently reported by several observers. The present paper is a preliminary report, but the results obtained so far certainly justify further investigations. The method of administration is the author's own and is described as follows :?