A Case of Cancrum Oris as a Complication of Bacillary Dysentery

(three ampoules daily) without any improvement and the condition of the girl was becoming worse. On the 30th I was called in to attend the case and found her in the following condition:? Marked prostration, temperature?between 99.6?F. and 102.8?F. Pulse?rapid and of low tension. Stools passed at frequent intervals with great tenesmus, mixed with blood and mucus of greenish colour. As there were marked signs of dehydration and the patient was in a very low condition, purgative treatment was out of the question. Hence, I advised the following line of treatment:?(i) Bismuth mixture with liquid paraffin, eight doses every two hours; (ii) normal saline with glucose per rectum, 4 ounces every three hours and (Hi) adrenalin solution (1 in 1,000), 3 minims twice daily. On the 3rd May I paid a second visit and found her condition much improved. Temperature was normal in