The Abortive Treatment of Gonorrhœa

To the Editor of The Indian Medical Gazette. Sir,?After reading through the extract from the Practitioner on the abortive treatment of gonorrhoea in the December 1921 issue of the Indian Medical Gazette, I decided to try it on the next suitable case I got. A Parsi, age 24, came to me on the 13th January, 1922, with a history that he had been exposed to infection on the 10th, and that the discharge appeared only that morning. He gave a history of a previous attack in 1918. He was thoroughly treated at the time. On examination, I found that the discharge was scanty but thick. No microscopical examination could be made. He was given two solutions for syringing as given in your extract, but instead of collargol, a solution of protargol, 40 grs. to an oz., was substituted, and an alkaline mixture by the mouth. Diet: milk, soda, and barley water. 15/// January: Discharge was very profuse and there