| Abstract: | ![]()
Since the publication of the brief report by Heineman (1) on theoriginal use of sulfanilamide in the treatment of trachoma followedshortly by that of more extensive studies of Loe (4a), and Lian (3a),a large number of articles on the same subject have appeared in medicalliterature. The authors have not been unammous in their opinions inregard to the degree of effectiveness of the drug on trachoma. Theymay be generally divided into three groups: First, those (2) who con-sider sulfanilamide as of doubtful or of no value at all in the treatmentof trachoma; second, those (3) who consider sulfanilamide only as auseful adjunct to the usual local trachoma treatment; (To them.sulfanilamide alone does not cause healing. But it becomes an effective agent when used together with other chemical or mechanicalmeasures) snd finally, those (4) who have obtained more or less con-sistently good results with the use of sulfanilamide alone. |
