Cancer of the Breast
After the institution of streptomycin therapy the baby's condition remained the same, with one thing in her favour- that her feedings were taken more freely with very little vomiting, and after the fifth day she appeared to be brighter, taking feedings from the bottle and generally looking better, though considerable head retrac· tion and spinal rigidity were present.
Abstract
intrathecal injection of streptomycin for forty-eight hours her temperature went from 100 F. to normal, and from then till her discharge from hospital seven weeks later, on August 26, it remained normal. For six days after the institution of streptomycin therapy the baby's condition remained the same, with one thing in her favour-that her feedings were taken more freely with very little vomiting. After the fifth day she appeared to be brighter, taking feedings from the bottle and generally looking better, though considerable head retrac· tion and spinal rigidity were present. This state of affairs continued, with slow improvement and good increases in her weight (five to seven ounces per week). Whilst the streptomycin therapy was continuing it appeared to me that the baby was blind. This was confirmed by an eye specialist, who found sluggish response to light of both pupils, small retinal hremorrhages in the left eye and papillredema. The baby is still very well, but has massage daily for the slight rigidity in the neck and spine.