Maryland medical journal . TheVon Pirquet test was made by Dr. Wilson himself, and waspositive. It was then decided to make no attempt to obtain focalreaction, and to put Mrs. R. on therapeutic doses of was accordingly given tuberculin, B. F. (human), 1/1000mg.; normal salt solution, with one-half of 1 per cent. Label, give 2/10 of solution once a week. Thusshe was to get 2 mg. once a week from her familyphysician until further orders. This dosage was continued with-out febrile reaction for six months (December, 1913), when advised addition
Maryland medical journal . TheVon Pirquet test was made by Dr. Wilson himself, and waspositive. It was then decided to make no attempt to obtain focalreaction, and to put Mrs. R. on therapeutic doses of was accordingly given tuberculin, B. F. (human), 1/1000mg.; normal salt solution, with one-half of 1 per cent. Label, give 2/10 of solution once a week. Thusshe was to get 2 mg. once a week from her familyphysician until further orders. This dosage was continued with-out febrile reaction for six months (December, 1913), when advised addition of 1/100,000 mg. to the weekly dose(2/100,000) until this should reach 8/100,000 (1/12,500). Thiswas accomplished by the end of January, 1914. On February 2, 1914, there was the first evidence of improve-ment—diminuation in size of the scotomata. A weekly injectionof 8/100,000 mg. of tuberculin was continued until May 10, 1914(10 months from the time of starting), when it was stopped be- TUBERCULIN IN UVEITIS—Woods 149. MARYLAND MEDICAL JOURNAL june, 1917 cause of freedom from trouble for the preceding three two weeks (May 28) circumcorneal injection reappearedin the right eye. Early in June tuberculin was renewed, with theinitial dose of 2/100,000 mg. every 10 days, and increased asbefore. The chart, Fig. 2, of October 2, 1914, shows an enormousimprovement in the scotomata. On December 17 this was main-tained. Central vision was 20/15. Tuberculin was then discon-tinued. On March 13, 1915 (three months), small scotomatareappeared. There had been occasional circumcorneal injectionof either eye. Tuberculin was given as before, with gradual in-crease to 8/100,000 mg., starting April 1. She reported to metoward the last of May with a history of no further was stopped. She was not seen again until October23, 1915 (practically five months without treatment). Historywas negative and field normal, except for blurring of the 5 disc at a f
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