Diseases of infancy and childhood (1914) (14585383248)

Identifier: diseasesofinfan00fisc (find matches)

Title: Diseases of infancy and childhood

Year: 1914 (1910s)

Authors: Fischer, Louis, 1864- (from old catalog)

Subjects: Children

Publisher: Philadelphia, F. A. Davis company (etc., etc.)

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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er followed each injection. The technique is asfollows: Wash the arm with ether and scarify three small areas, but notenough to produce a bloody surface. Into two of the scarified areas inocu-late (similar to vaccination) diluted tuberculin of the strength of one parttuberculin w^ith three parts normal saline solution. Leave the third scari-fied area without inoculation as a control. After twenty-four, rarely laterthan forty-eight, hours a local inflammatory reaction, about 10 millimetersin width, surrounding the inoculated area, denotes a positive reaction. Inthe last stages of miliary tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis no reactionfollows. The ophthalmo reaction- is another method of diagnosis. ^Complete literature and details published in the New York Medical Journal,October 19, 3907. ^ Calmette advises using a Vioo per cent, dilution of tuberculin dropped intothe eye. PLATK XXI Old Tuberculin,Undiluted Dilution—1 ; 4 Dilution—1 : 16 Dilution—1 : 64 Control, NotInoculated

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Cutaneous Reaction Showing the Various Results with Couoentrated andDiluted Tuberculin. Taken 48 hours after inoculation by Dr. llonning, at theclinic of Esc he rich. PLATE xxrr

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