Blood Grouping on Blotting-paper
R. H. Malone, Rachel Stapleton · BMJ · 1951
CORRESPONDENCE -conclusion that gastric acidity is not an important factor in the destruction of penicillin, in which case their plea for ,clinical trial on ill persons has no basis.With regard to the relative value of oral and parenteral administration, we feel that the matter is one' of choice between injecting a personally measured dose once every 24 or 48 hours and the less certain swallowing every three hours of an oral preparation, equivalent amounts of the latter at present costing, if no antacid is given, at least four times as much as the former.Finally, regarding the comfort of the ill child, it is doubt- ful if all doctors and patients would agree that it is preferable to wake the child up and force it to swallow medicine or tablets every three hours rather than to give an injection every other day.-Weare, etc..