INTRACUTANEOUS INJECTION OF ACIDOMYCIN IN THE TREATMENT OF LEPROSY

Abstract

From the idea that an antileprotic drug may be found out from the medicines for tuberculosis, the treatment of leprosy with a new chemical, acidomycin, was carried out in three leprosaria and a laboratory. In this treatment it is specific to inject this medicine intracutaneously in the lesions or in the normal skin. 66 patients (lepromatous 39, tuberculoid 20 and neural 7) were administered with 20-193 injections of 200-3865mg acidomycin. The results were remarkably improved 16, moderately improved 13, slightly improved 10, unchanged 20, aggravated 4 and unclear 3. Acidomycin was more efficacious upon tuberous than upon neural or tuberculoid lesions and fresh lesions responded well to it.