Abstract
DURING past decade a new type of weapon has appeared to be used in battle against various micro-organisms which have invaded human body. This weapon is antibiotics. As each antibiotic has appeared, it has been hailed as medical version of philosopher's stone, but closer investigation revealed its shortcomings. One of these greeted with much enthusiasm at first is streptomycin, and it was believed that a real conqueror of tubercle bacillus had been found. Now that this substance has been used for a sufficient time, one should be able to evaluate its efficacy. Judging from articles and texts before advent of streptomycin, prognosis for a patient with tuberculous otitis was not favorable. Phillips 1 stated that the disease is very rarely cured except in cases where general tuberculous process subsides. This statement is echoed by Ballenger and Ballenger 2 : Generally speaking,
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