GYNÆCOLOGY

senticremiawith an accompanyinglocal lung lesion. セ イ オ ・ pneumococcalsepticremia is a rarer and more sertous condition. The book contains an excellent clinical study of pneumonia with a very clear statementof the modern con」・ーエゥッセ of the natureof the crisis as.the セ オ 「 ウ エ ゥ エ オ エ ゥ ッ ョ of a secondaryintoxication for an acute Intectton. It ー イ ・ ウ ・ ョ セ ウ a symptom-complexwhich closely resemblesanaphylactic shock and is due to the rapid destructionof accumulated pneumococcalantigenby lytic antibody. . A good summary of the effect of serum treatment IS given in conclusion in the words of Sacquepee: "On the whole the results obtained are satisfactory. Somewhat variable perhapsaccording.to the ー ッ エ セ ョ 」 ケ セ ヲ the .serum, somewhatlimited in its action by contmgenCIesWhICh are probably accidental, sero-therapyneverthelessconstitutes for the momenta very useful measurewhich in most cases 1S efficaceous. It is worth adopting and when the clinical condttion indicates its employment,we know at present of no other treatmentwhich gives such good results in pneumoniain adults."