. Transactions of the sixth International congress on tuberculosis. Washington, September 28 to October 5, 1908. 620 grams of33 per cent, bismuth paste. The drainage-tube was at once left out, and thepatient allowed to be outdoors. Every day or two thereafter the accumula-tion of pus was withdrawn by means of a glass tube and examined micro-scopically. Each time we noticed a diminution in the number of tuberclebacilli, and after eight weeks their final disappearance. The staphylococcihad likewise disappeared. We also noticed that the tubercle bacilli whichwere found after the bismuth had been
. Transactions of the sixth International congress on tuberculosis. Washington, September 28 to October 5, 1908. 620 grams of33 per cent, bismuth paste. The drainage-tube was at once left out, and thepatient allowed to be outdoors. Every day or two thereafter the accumula-tion of pus was withdrawn by means of a glass tube and examined micro-scopically. Each time we noticed a diminution in the number of tuberclebacilli, and after eight weeks their final disappearance. The staphylococcihad likewise disappeared. We also noticed that the tubercle bacilli whichwere found after the bismuth had been injected had lost their characteristicshape. They became granular, beaded, and took the fuchsin stain morereadily (Figs. 19 and 20). Microscopical slides were submitted at different periods to Dr. MaximilianHerzog and Dr. A. Gehrman, bacteriologists, whose reports coincided withour findings. Eight guinea-pigs were injected with the pus discharged during the periodof treatment of this case. Animal No. 4 was injected April 24th with 10drops of a 10 per cent, solution of the pus taken from the chest before the.
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