Medical and surgical reports . GO, 08, 69,97, 106, 132, 141, 165, 170, 199, 229 and 343. Conclusions—From the above report and from our experience, thetherapeutic value of tuberculin may be assumed as positive and thatit may be administered in out-door cases with safety, if supervisionis careful, but reactions do occur even in small doses, although it maynot be possible to assume that all reactions noted were due to tuber-culin as under general treatment afebrile cases with well developedlesions frequently show temperature reaction. There are many difficulties in carrying out this treatment in


Medical and surgical reports . GO, 08, 69,97, 106, 132, 141, 165, 170, 199, 229 and 343. Conclusions—From the above report and from our experience, thetherapeutic value of tuberculin may be assumed as positive and thatit may be administered in out-door cases with safety, if supervisionis careful, but reactions do occur even in small doses, although it maynot be possible to assume that all reactions noted were due to tuber-culin as under general treatment afebrile cases with well developedlesions frequently show temperature reaction. There are many difficulties in carrying out this treatment in theout-door department of hospitals in large cities because of the impos-sibility of regular attendance and the bad housing conditions underwhich the cases live. ?fWAIi P St. Lukes Hospital, ChicagoMed Medical and surgical S 5


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