Sterilized Pus for the Treatment of Infectious

The reasons for using sterilized pus in the place of autogenous or other vaccines are : 1. The great simplicity and cheapness. 2. The pus is truly autogenous, this is not so with vaccines prepared from organisms grown on artificial media; for the organism is changed by such growth. 3. Besides the bacteria, pus contains toxins, and antibodies both extremely useful for therapeutic inoculation. The Method of Sterilizing the Pus.?Mix the pus which must be evacuated as aseptically as possible, with an equal part of 1 in 40 carbolic acid in a small bottle. The mouth of the bottle should then be closed with a rubber membrane ; e.g., inner tube of a bicycle tyre. It should now be put in a basin of cold water, which must be slowly brought to the boil. So as to allow air to escape; a hypodermic needle should be thrust through the rubber membrane. This heating should be carried out again uext day. Dosage.?Begin with 2 minims, gradually increasing to 15 minims. I inoculate every other day. Cases.?I will only give a short account of a few cases, the results have been universally very