THERAPEUTICS

The number of injections required for the individual case varied from one to six and averaged three. Complications or unpleasant symptoms have never been encountered. Under proper technique and strict asepsis it is a harmless operation. With his extended experience he is able to reiterate the statement made three years previously, that the method " is a valuable acquisition in relieving the pain of sciatica, whether acute or chronic." Several patients have not reacted satisfactorily, but these have been exceptions. In subacute and chronic intractable cases it has proved the most satisfactory treatment that has yet been devised, says Leszynsky. In over 75 per cent, of his cases sciatic perineuritis was assumed