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AUTOHEMOTHERAPY AS NON-SPECIFIC - 31H1
C.S. Wright 1931 [31H1] reported results of a 5-year study of
so-called "non-specific therapy" in dermatology including
autohemotherapy, milk preparations, non-specific vaccine therapy,
and turpentine. "The method employed by Dr. Schaumberg and
myself consists in withdrawing from 20 to 30cc of blood and
reinjecting it immediately into the deep muscles of the buttocks.
... it is one of the mildest forms of non-specific therapy, and
yet it exerts an action in some conditions which cannot bve
accomplished by any other form of nonspecific therapy."
[It is noted that Wright uses the term "autohemic" without
reference to Rogers, a particularly notorious hyper and
practitioner of such.]
Wright [31H1], p. 120, "In 1913 Luithlen showed by the results
of unusual experimentation that inflammatory reaction of the skin
to external irritants could be favorably influenced by injections
of homolgous, autogenous, or foreign serum or blood."
Wright [31H1], p. 120, notes that Spiethoff 1913 concluded that
autoserum injections "resulted in a reduction of the
sensitiveness of the skin to endogenous irritation."
Wright [31H1] p. 120, "Hilario, 1914, claimed that autoserum
injections alone would result in the spontaneous involution of
certain dermatoses, especially those of actinic nervous origin;
that they acted as a antipruritic agent, and that following their
use, the resistance of psoriasis to drugs was reduced."
AUTOSEROTHERAPY CRITICIZED [31H1]
"Trimble and Rothwell (1915) and Willock (1915) believed
autoserotherapy to be of no value either alone or as an adjunct
to local therapy. In an informal discussion of the subject,
Schamberg, Gilchrist and Wile (1915) expressed the opinions that
little or no benefit was to be derived from this form of
treatment."
AUTOSEROTHERAPY CRITIC CONVERTED TO ADVOCATE AUTOHEMIC - 31H1
"It is of interest that Dr. Schamberg has since become a warm
advocate of the value of autohemic therapy as an adjunct to the
local therapy of psoriasis."[31H1]
AUTOHEMOTHERAPY FOR PSORIASIS, SUCCESSFUL IN - 31H1
Wright 1931 [31H1], 121, summarizes results of autohemotherapy
in psoriasis, reporting improvement in over 80% of 247 cases with
three "autohemic" injections. Improvement was marked in 68
cases, moderate in 86 and slight in 45; 40 cases showed no
improvement and 8 worsened. Wright, p. 123, notes that
"remarkable results" will occasionally be observed. Favorable
results were also obtained in over 70% of 49 cases of urticaria
treated by autohemotherapy.
AUTOHEMO FOR URTICARIA, OFTEN STRIKING SUCCESSFUL - 31H1
[31H1] p. 122, "The results in urticaria following the use of
injections of autogenous blood are often striking and leave no
doubt as to the occasional value of procedure...
AUTOHEMO FOR ANGIONEURITIC EDEMA - 31H1
[31H1] p. 123, "Basing his therapy on the theory that
urticarial lesions are antiphlactic, Schulman [1924] used
autohemotherapy with good results and advised continuation of the
treatment for several weeks after the cessation of all symptoms.
Good results in urticaria and angioneuritic edema are also
reported by Achard and Flandin, 1920. They believed that
reinjection of a patient's own blood or serum brings about a
desensitization."
AUTOHEMO FOR PEMPHIGUS - 31H1
AUTOHEMO FOR DERMATITIS HERPIFORMIS - 31H1
AUTOHEMO FOR PRURIGO - 31H1
[31H1] p. 123, "Ullmann and Hueck, 1924, used autohemotherapy
with good results in the treatment of pemphigus, dermatitis
herpiformis, and prurigo. ...
Ravaut [1913] observed good results in the treatment of
pruriginous dermatoses. ...
AUTOHEMO FOR PRURIGO - 31H1
AUTOHEMO FOR LICHEN CHRONICUS - 31H1
AUTOHEMO FOR ECZEMA - 31H1
AUTOHEMO FOR WARTS - 31H1
"Nicholas, Gat‚ and DuPasquier [1924] found autohemotherapy to
be of value in the treatment of prurigo, lichen chronicus
(Vidal), eczema and dermatitis herpeformis. ..."
Wein etal [25E7], reported favorable results in 47 cases of
eczema after an average of 6 or 7 injections, and
Sezary, 1928, reported the disappearance of warts after a few
intramuscular autoblood injections.