Table 1.
Summary of case reports
| Case Number | Diagnosis* | Age | Onset before admission | Admission | Previous operations | Operations | First insertion of maggots | Number of insertions of maggots | Healed | Duration | Infection |
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| Case 1, B. M. | Right tibia | 4 years | 3 months | Aug. 25, 1928 | 2 | Sept. 18, 1928 | Sept. 18, 1928 | 8? | |||
| Oct. 9, 1928 | Oct. 11, 1928 | Bacillus Welchii | Dec. 17, 1928 | 13 months | Staphylococcus | ||||||
| Left tibia | May 14, 1929 | May 16, 1929 | 6? | Aug. 27, 1929 | |||||||
| Right tibia | Aug. 6, 1930 | Aug. 9, 1930 | 7 | ||||||||
| Case 2, T. M. | Left tibia Right tibia |
8 years | 3 years | Nov. 29, 1929 | 2 | Dec. 18, 1929 July 23, 1930 |
Dec. 24, 1929 July 25, 1930 |
6 24 |
June 1, 1930 Nov. 18, 1930 |
6 months 4 months |
Streptococcus hemolyticus |
| Case 3, A. W. | Left femur | 6 years | 6 months | Mar. 14, 1929 | 0 | Dec. 11, 1929 | Jan. 9, 1930 | 5 | June 1, 1930 | 6½ months | Tuberculosis and staphylococcus |
| Case 4, W. C. | Right radius | 15 months | 2½ months | Jan. 25, 1930 | 0 | Feb. 12, 1930 | Mar. 29, 1930 | 9 | |||
| Feb. 26, 1930 | |||||||||||
| Aug. 26, 1930 | Aug. 28, 1930 | 4 | Oct. 30, 1930 | 7 months | Staphylococcus | ||||||
| Oct. 10, 1930 | |||||||||||
| Case 5, S. K. | Left humerus | 11 years | 2 years | July 11, 1930 | 2 | July 16, 1930 | July 18, 1930 | 16 | Oct. 30, 1930 | 3 months, 11 days | Streptococcus pyocyaneus |
| Case 6, A. V. | Left femur | 4 years | 10 months | May 22, 1930 | 2 | June 4, 1930 | June 9, 1930 | 10 | Dec. 20, 1930 | Staphylococcus | |
| Nov. 12, 1930 | Practically healed | ||||||||||
| Case 7, M. S. | Left femur | 10 years | 4 years | July 7, 1930 | 3 | July 9, 1930 | July 12, 1930 | 19 | Healed | Staphylococcus | |
| Case 8, E. R. | Left femur | 18 years | 6 years | June 30, 1930 | 2 | July 2, 1930 | July 5, 1930 | 23 | May 18, 1931 | Staphylococcus | |
| Feb. 22, 1931 | 4 | Oct. 22, 1930 | Oct. 25, 1930 | Not healed | |||||||
| Feb. 25, 1931 | Feb. 28, 1931 | 5 | |||||||||
| Case 9, M. D. | With multiple abscesses | 11 years | 1 year | Jan. 31, 1930 | 3 | April 23, 1930 Feb. 18, 1931 |
May 8, 1930 Feb. 21, 1931 |
36 3 |
Improved, still under treatment | Staphylococcus | |
| Case 10, N. T. | Right tibia | 9 years | 2 years | Oct. 23, 1930 | 1 | Oct. 31, 1930 | Nov. 4, 1930 | 3 | May 18, 1931 Almost healed |
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| Case 11, P. B. | Right femur | 14 years | 1½ years | July 2, 1929 | 1 | July 16, 1929 Jan. 8, 1930 June 4, 1930 |
Nov. 21, 1929 Jan. 11, 1930 June 16, 1930 |
5 3 23 |
Still under treatment | Staphylococcus | |
| Case 12, J. I. | Right hip | 11 years | 1 year | Sept. 29, 1930 | 4 | Oct. 15, 1930 | Oct. 21, 1930 | 6 | Improved, still under treatment | Negative Blood agar and broth |
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| Case 13, S. Z. | Right tibia | 13 years | 5 months | May 22, 1930 | 1 | May 28, 1930 | May 31, 1930 | 31 | May 18, 1931 | Staphylococcus | |
| Feb. 18, 1931 | Feb. 21, 1931 | 3 | AImost healed | ||||||||
| Case 14, M. S. | Right femur | 8 years | 1 month | June 30, 1930 | 0 | July 2, 1930 | July 5, 1930 | 6 | May 18, 1931 | Staphylococcus | |
| Aug. 13, 1930 | Aug. 16, 1930 | 1 | Almost healed | Streptococcus | |||||||
| Aug. 26, 1930 | |||||||||||
| Case 15, F. R. | With multiple abscesses | 14 years | 6 years | Nov. 4, 1929 | 2 | Nov. 6, 1929 | Nov. 8, 1930 | 2 | May 18, 1931 | Staphylococcus | |
| Mar. 27, 1930 | Mar. 31, 1930 | 12 | Much improved | ||||||||
| Sept. 24, 1930 | Sept. 29, 1930 | 10 | |||||||||
| Case 16, E. MacM. | Right femur | 4 years | 4 years | Sept. 15, 1930 | 2 | Sept. 17, 1930 | Sept. 20, 1930 | 18 | May 15, 1931 Healed |
Staphylococcus | |
| Case 17, E. S. | Right os calcis | 8 years | 5 months | Nov. 4, 1929 | 5 | Nov. 6, 1929 | Nov. 8, 1929 | 6 | Dec. 31, 1929 | Staphylococcus | |
| Left humerus | 4 months | 4 | Mar. 21, 1930 | Mar. 31, 1930 | 2 | May 23, 1930 | Staphylococcus | ||||
| Case 18, A. D. | Right humerus | 3 years | 7 months | July 2, 1929 | 7 | July 9, 1929 | July 13, 1929 | 11 | Nov. 20, 1929 | Staphylococcus | |
| 3 | Sept. 24, 1929 | Sept. 30, 1929 | 8 | ||||||||
| Case 19, W. C. | Right fibula | 10 years | 6 weeks | Aug. 29, 1929 | 2 | Oct. 15, 1929 | Nov. 19, 1929 | 6 | Feb. 1, 1930 | 8 months | Staphylococcus |
| Case 20, L. P. | Both tibiae | 3 years | 8 month. | July 12, 1929 | 2 on each leg | July 16, 1929 | July 19, 1929 | 13 | Left Nov. 20, 1929 | 10 months | Staphylococcus |
| Right Jan. 17, 1930 | 8 months | ||||||||||
| Case 21, A. L. | Right fibula | 11 years | 6½ months | Apr. 29, 1929 | 1 | May 3, 1929 | May 4, 1929 | 11 | Sept. 29, 1929 | 1 year | Staphylococcus |
| Case 22, O. M. O. | Left tibia | 8 years | 1 month | Aug. 22, 1929 | 1 | Sept. 13, 1929 | Sept. 15, 1929 | 12 | Nov. 8, 1929 | 10 months | Staphylococcus |
| Case 23, E. W. | Right tibia | 14 years | 4 months | Sept. 1, 1927 | 4 | May 14, 1929 | May 16, 1929 | 7 | Aug. 27, 1929 | 9 months | Staphylococcus |
| Jan. 20, 1930 | |||||||||||
| Case 24, H. S. | Left femur | 10 years | 6 years | May 10, 1930 | 5 | May 21, 1930 | May 26, 1930 | 7 | July 22, 1930 | 2 months | Staphylococcus |
| Case 25, R. Y. | Right femur | 11 years | 3 years | June 26, 1928 | 3 | Nov. 6, 1928 | Nov. 11, 1928 | 1 | Apr. 18, 1929 | 18 months | Staphylococcus |
| Case 26, R. P. | Right femur | 6 years | 6 month, | Jan. 4, 1927 | 4 | Sept. 18, 1928 | Sept. 23, 1928 | 7 | Nov. 23, 1928 | 19 months | Staphylococcus |
| Feb. 20, 1929 | |||||||||||
| Case 27, M. M. | Right tibia | 9 years | 10 months | May 21, 1929 | 1 | May 22, 1929 | June 18, 1929 | 15 | Improved | Staphylococcus | |
| May 19, 1930 | May 21, 1930 | May 23, 1930 | 2? | ||||||||
| Case 28, R. L. | Left radius | 11 years | 6 months | Feb. 24, 1930 | 1 | Feb. 26, 1930 | Mar. 4, 1930 | 9 | May 23, 1930 | 4 months | Staphylococcus |
| Case 29, R. H. | Left tibia | 4 years | 1 year | Sept. 4, 1929 | 1 | Sept. 6, 1929 | Sept. 8, 1929 | 9 | Dec. 15, 1929 | 9 months | Negative, Hemolyticus Streptococcus, Staphylococcus aureus |
| Case 30, J. S. | Left tibia | 14 years | 1 year | July 8, 1929 Apr. 28, 1930 |
2 5 |
July 9, 1929 May 7, 1930 |
July 13, 1929 May 12, 1930 |
16 11 |
Sept. 24, 1929 July 12, 1930 |
2 months | Staphylococcus |
| Case 31, F. K. | Right tibia | 11 years | 3 years | Oct. 22, 1929 | 0 | Nov. 6, 1929 | Nov. 9, 1929 | 4 | Mar. 1, 1930 | 6½ months | Non-hemolyticius streptococcus, Staphylococcus |
| Case 32, R. N. | Left ankle, tuberculosis | 45 years | 2 years | July 1, 1930 | 1 | July 2, 1930 | July 4, 1930 | 12 | Sept. 1, 1930 | 2 weeks | Negative |
| Case 33, M. B. | With multiple abscesses | 13 years | 5 months | Nov. 3, 1927 | 4 | Nov. 29, 1927 Jan. 16, 1928 Nov. 20, 1928 Nov. 13, 1929 Apr. 2, 1930 July 16, 1930 |
Nov. 17, 1930 Apr. 7, 1930 July 18, 1930 |
15 20 16 |
May 18, 1931 Left humerus healed Tibia healed Two sinuses, left femur |
Staphylococcus | |
| Case 34, J. F. | Tuberculosis, right elbow | 3 years | 1 year | Feb. 20, 1929 | 0 | Apr. 3, 1929 Dec. 18, 1929 Jan. 9, 1930 May 28, 1930 |
Jan. 12, 1930 May 31, 1930 |
3 3 |
Sept. 2, 1930 | 1 year, 8 months | Tuberculosis |
| Case 35, D. Z. | Left femur | 10 years | 2 years | July 9, 1930 | 7 | July 9, 1930 | July 12, 1930 | 9 | Aug. 28, 1930 | 2 months | Negative Blood agar and broth |
| Case 36, F. L. | Tuberculosis, left hip | 8 years | 5 years | Aug. 10, 1926 | 0 | Aug. 12, 1926 | May 7, 1930 | 11 | Healed | Staphylococcus | |
| Feb. 16, 1927 | |||||||||||
| Apr. 2, 1930 | |||||||||||
| Case 37, R. M. | Left ankle | 15 years | 3 weeks | Aug. 22, 1930 | 1 | Aug. 26, 1930 | Aug. 29, 1930 | 6 | Healed | Staphylococcus | |
| Case 38, H. Y. | Lower end right tibia | 14 years | 8 months | Nov. 14, 1930 | 0 | Nov. 15, 1930 | Nov. 19, 1930 | 12 | Feb. 1, 1931 | ||
| Case 39, J. H. | Left tibia | 12 years | 2 years | Nov. 18, 1930 | 2 | Nov. 26, 1930 | Dec. 16, 1930 | 21 | Jan. 15, 1931 | ||
| Case 40, C. B. | Right tibia | 5 years | 8 months | Dec. 5, 1930 | 1 | Dec. 10, 1930 | Dec. 16, 1930 | 7 | May 18, 1931 Healed |
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| Case 41, J. N. | Left leg | 11 years | 2 years | Feb. 17, 1931 | 2 | Feb. 20, 1931 | Feb. 21, 1931 | 3 | |||
| Case 42, E. W. | Left leg | 14 years | 11 months | Dec. 2, 1930 | 2 | Dec. 3, 1930 | Dec. 17, 1930 | 20 | May 18, 1931 Practically healed |
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| Case 43, F. N. | Right femur | 7 years | 5 months | Jan. 12, 1931 | 0 | Jan. 21, 1931 | Jan. 26, 1931 | 4 | Healed | ||
| Case 44, M. T. | Left tibia | 18 months | 1 year | Feb. 27, 1931 | 1 | Mar. 4, 1931 | Mar. 7, 1931 | ||||
| Case 45, R. S. | Comminuted fracture, right femur | 53 years | 4 years | Mar. 19, 1929 | 1 | May 20, 1929 | July 20, 1929 | 11 | Oct. 6, 1929 Healed |
Staphylococcus | |
| Case 46. L. H. | Right and left humerus Left femur |
48 years | 3 years | Dec. 26, 1929 | 13 | Jan. 2, 1930 | Jan. 6, 1930 | 17 | Improved | ||
| Case 47, L. R. | Tuberculosis, right ankle | 29 years | 1 year | Jan. 6, 1930 | 0 | Jan. 13, 1930 | Jan. 16, 1930 | 2 | Jan. 25, 1930 Died, tetanus |
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| Case 48, B. B. | Compound fracture, left radius, ulna and left humerus | 43 years | 4 days | Feb. 22, 1930 | 0 | Feb. 27, 1930 | Mar. 4, 1930 | 6 | Healed | Staphylococcus | |
| Case 49, F. T. | Right tibia | 9 years | 6 months | Mar. 4, 1930 | 1 | Mar. 6, 1930 | Mar. 8, 1930 | 7 | Sept. 29, 1930 Wound still slightly draining |
Staphylococcus | |
| Case 50, R. E. | Right tibia Amputation |
38 years | 1 year | Dec. 3, 1929 | 3 | Dec. 5, 1929 | Dec. 13, 1930 | 8 | Jan. 25, 1930 Healed |
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| Case 51, A. M. | Old compound fracture, left tibia and fibula | 53 years | 2 years | Jan. 5, 1930 | Jan. 6, 1930 | Jan. 8, 1930 | Feb. 24, 1930 Completely healed |
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| Case 52, P. H. | Right humerus | 19 years | 1 year | Jan. 7, 1930 | 1 | Jan. 9, 1930 | Jan. 11, 1930 | 3 | Feb. 8, 1930 Improved |
Staphylococcus | |
| Case 53, B. M. | Right tibia | 10 years | 6 years | May 10, 1930 | 1 | May 15, 1930 | May 16, 1930 | 3 | July 3, 1930 Improved |
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| Case 54, C. T. | With fracture of femur | 40 years | 23 years | Oct. 26, 1930 | 5 | Nov. 6, 1930 | Nov. 10, 1930 | May 18, 1931 Much improved |
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| Case 55, K. T. | Left femur | 20 years | 9 years | Sept. 24, 1930 | 4 | Oct. 4, 1930 | Oct. 6, 1930 | 11 | Apr. 15, 1931 Healed |
Staphylococcus | |
| Case 56, W. W. | Fracture of right tibia and fibula | 33 years | 5 months | Oct. 29, 1930 | 1 | Nov. 3, 1930 | Nov. 7, 1930 | Nov. 14, 1930 Improved |
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| Case 57, B. G. | Left femur | 39 years | 9 years | Apr. 15, 1930 | 7 | Apr. 18, 1930 | 29 | Feb. 15, 1931 | |||
| Case 58, C. S. | Left humerus | 24 years | 7 years | Aug. 26, 1930 | 5 | Aug. 28, 1930 | 15 | Unimproved | |||
| Case 59, A. N. | Right femur | 22 years | 16 years | May 29, 1930 | Several | May 31, 1930 | 38 | Oct. 27, 1930 Improved |
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| Case 60, F. R. | Left tibia | 26 years | 13 years | Feb. 17, 1930 | 4 | Feb. 18, 1930 | Unimproved | ||||
| Sept. 22, 1930 | Sept. 23, 1930 | Amputation | |||||||||
| Case 61, P. P. | Right femur Right tibia |
24 years | 12 years | May 7, 1930 | 6 | May 9, 1930 | 26 | Oct. 25, 1930 Tibia improved Femur unimproved |
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| Case 62, J. R. | Right tibia | 16 years | 7 years | May 12, 1930 | 3 | May 13, 1930 | May 17, 1930 | 9 | July 18, 1930 Practically healed |
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| Case 63, J. U. | Right tibia | 15 years | 2 years | June 11, 1930 | 2 | June 13, 1930 | 12 | Sept. 3, 1930 Practically healed |
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| Case 64, E. G. | Left sacroiliac articulation | 27 years | 11 years | July 2, 1930 | July 10, 1930 | 9 | Sept. 24, 1930 Healed |
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| Case 65, A. S. | Right tibia | 30 years | 6 years | July 24, 1930 | 5 | July 26, 1930 | Aug. 4, 1930 | 7 | Improved | ||
| Case 66, P. M. | Right femur | 68 years | 10 years | July 1, 1930 | 4 | July 10, 1930 | 18 | Unimproved | |||
| Case 67, L. P. | Right second finger | 33 years | 5 months | Mar. 27, 1930 | 3 | Mar. 28, 1930 | 3 | Apr. 10, 1930 Unimproved |
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| Case 68, W. K. | Right femur | 18 years | 6 years | July 11, 1929 | 2 | July 13, 1929 | July 16, 1929 | 14 | Improved | ||
| Case 69, E. B. | Right femur | 21 years | 4 years | May 8, 1930 | 1 | May 13, 1930 | 28 | Unimproved | |||
| Right ulna | Aug. 21, 1930 | ||||||||||
| Oct. 28, 1930 | |||||||||||
| Case 70, R. R. | Left femur | 35 years | 10 years | Oct. 27, 1930 | 3 | Oct. 28, 1930 | 12 | Jan. 10, 1931 Improved |
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| Case 71, J. L. | Left femur | 18 years | 4 years | Sept. 23, 1930 | 4 | Sept. 26, 1930 | 18 | Mar. 10, 1931 Improved |
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| Case 72, J. O. | Left tibia | 15 years | 4 years | Oct. 1, 1930 | 9 | Oct. 3, 1930 | 9 | Improved | |||
| Case 73, C. B. | Right tibia | 17 years | 2 months | Aug. 22, 1929 | 1 | Aug. 23, 1929 | Aug. 26, 1929 | 7 | Aug. 1, 1930 Healed |
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| Case 74, H. S. | Acute Left tibia |
16 years | Not known | Nov. 10, 1929 | 0 | Oct. 12, 1929 | 2 | Improved | |||
| Case 75, J. P. | Tuberculosis, left foot | 24 years | 7 years | Oct. 2, 1929 | 0 | Oct. 3, 1929 | 9 | Unimproved | |||
| Case 76, D. D. | Left tibia | 35 years | 11 years | Oct. 28, 1929 | 24 | Oct. 29, 1929 | 16 | Jan. 10, 1930 Improved |
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| Case 77, B. O. | Right tibia | 24 years | 3 years | June 28, 1929 | 1 | June 30, 1929 | Aug. 9, 1929 | 10 | Aug. 11, 1929 Improved |
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| Case 78, H. B. | With compound fracture of right femur | 17 years | 6 weeks | Feb. 1, 1929 | 1 | Feb. 4, 1929 | 16 | Dec. 6, 1929 Improved |
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| Case 79, J. E. | Right tibia | 5 years | Dec. 30, 1930 | Dec. 31, 1930 | Mar. 15, 1931 Almost healed |
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| Case 80, M. N. | Left femur | 17 years | 11 years | Sept. 9, 1929 | 2 | Sept. 11, 1929 | 5 | Nov. 23, 1929 Almost healed |
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| Case 81, J. W. | Acute, with compound fracture of left tibia | 49 years | June 20, 1929 | June 29, 1929 | 7 | Feb. 20, 1930 Improved |
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| Case 82, T. B. | Left tibia | 52 years | 3 years | Nov. 18, 1930 | 3 | Nov. 20, 1930 | 12 | Mar. 18, 1931 Healed |
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| Case 83, A. C. | Multiple tuberculous osteitis with amyloidosis | 14 years | 2 years | Aug. 27, 1930 | Aug. 29, 1930 | 12 | Apr. 17, 1931 Unimproved |
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| Case 84, L. B. | Left femur | 38 years | 12 years | Nov. 14, 1930 | Nov. 16, 1930 | 12 | Feb. 14, 1931 Improved |
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| Case 85. V. McC. | Left fibula | 22 years | 12 years | Nov. 14, 1930 | Nov. 16, 1930 | 12 | Jan. 10, 1931 Improved |
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| Case 86, M. G. | Left tibia | 15 years | 2 years | June 12, 1930 | 1 | June 14, 1930 | 10 | Aug. 8, 1930 Almost healed |
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| Case 87. J. D. | Left femur | 31 years | 2 years | June 25, 1930 | 2 | June 26, 1930 | 7 | Jan. 1, 1931 Almost healed |
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| Case 88. C. B. | Left femur | 48 years | 2 years | Nov. 19, 1929 | 5 | Nov. 20, 1929 | 6 | Dec. 12, 1929 Improved |
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| Case 89. G. L. | Left femur | 21 years | 2 years | May 28, 1930 | May 29, 1930 | 12 | Aug. 24, 1930 Improved |
* These are all cases of osteomyelitis unless otherwise stated.