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Calcium gluconate and kaolin in the treatment of bacillary dysentery

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  1. 1.

    In sixty cases of bacillary dysentery the combined calcium and kaolin method of treatment herein described reduced the mortality by 50% to 75% depending upon the severity of the infection.

  2. 2.

    The period of hospitalization was reduced, but not notably.

  3. 3.

    The best results were obtained with intravenous or intramuscular injections of calcium gluconate supplemented by oral dosage with calcium gluconate and kaolin.

  4. 4.

    Parathyroid extract has but slight value in the intensification of calcium effects and its high cost does not warrant its use.

  5. 5.

    While the detailed action of the calcium and kaolin treatment used cannot be wholly explained, nevertheless, it seems entirely logical that the beneficial effects obtained are due to a combination of several well known properties of both substances.

  6. 6.

    Combined treatment with calcium and kaolin is more satisfactory than therapy with either of these medicaments used alone.

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    The above described therapeutic method is not offered as a specific but as a valuable adjunct to other proved medical measures.

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  1. ELGIN, ILLINOIS

    Bernard L. Greene

  2. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

    Louis H. Block

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From the Department of Proctology, service of Dr. L. H. Block, Elgin State Hospital.

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Greene, B.L., Block, L.H. Calcium gluconate and kaolin in the treatment of bacillary dysentery. American Journal of Digestive Diseases 5, 684–687 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02996602

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