THE treatment of trachoma with aureomycin is still far from satisfactory, in spite of favourable reports from such authorities as Braley and Sanders (1949), Boase (1950), Duke-Elder, Ainslie, and Boase (1950), and Tanaka (1951). The drug had been given a fair trial here, but the results have been uncertain in pannus as well as in the lid condition. Similarly disappointing results were reported ...

Comparatively few papers have been published on the results achieved by treating trachoma with terramycin, but Bietti (1953), Bengisu Naci (1952), and Mitsui (1951) have published the results of their researches. The Japanese have been the most frequent users of terramycin in trachoma. Mitsui and others (1951) administered this antibiotic in seven hundred cases, 80 per cent. of which were repor...