THE YEAST TYPHOID CURE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2222, 2 July 1891, Page 1

THE YEAST TYPHOID CURE.

At the meeting of the Victorian branch of the Medical Society last week, M. de Bavay, of the Victoria Brewery, read a paper on his yeast cure for typhoid fever. At its conclusion Dr Barclay Thompson detailed the results of the cases of typhoid fever treated by M. de Bavay’s yeast at the Alfred Hospital. The typhoid season was now nearly over, and no further results could be obtained for many months, so it seemed right to summarise the cases already treated. In all thirty-seven cases had been treated. Of these ten were severe, the, temperature reaching 104 deg. and over. Eight were moderately severe, the temperature reaching 103 deg. and over. Eleven were mild, although the temperature reached 103 deg., and the, remaining eight were mild cases, the ; temperature never being above 102 deg. In all recovery took place without any relapse. Although this result was eminently satisfactory, no positive conclusion could be drawn from so, small a number of cases as to the value of the remedy, the most that could be said being that there was every encouragement to continue the trial. The yeast was given, them, either with food in tea-spoonful doses or mixed up and taken in water just, before food. At the very commence-, ment of the use it occurred to Dr Thompson that it would prevent! relapses, and this forecast seemed? likely to be borne out, for there Avas not a single relapse in the thirtyseven cases under saccharomyces, Avhereas among the 107 cases treated otherwise in the Hospital there Avere sixteen relapses, or one in every six cases. The average number of relapses Avas betAveen 2 and 11 per cent. If the remedy proved in the future to do this ahvays, and no more, it Avould be an addition of great value to our means of combating typhoid.