Complete success of the treatment in 79% of the cases.

Incomplete success in 15.8%.

Permanent success in 50%.

Relapses in 13.1%.

Unknown in 15.8%.

Failure in 5.2%.

We may add to these small statistics that most of the unsatisfactory results were obtained long ago, that is, at a time when we ourselves were not very thoroughly experienced in this method of treatment. The same applies here as in other fields of dietetic treatment - viz., the general principles and the theory of the treatment may be ever so well understood, but a certain amount of practice and experience is needed in addition if the result of the treatment is to be positive and favorable in all cases. We request all of our colleagues who intend to employ the method of treatment that we have described and that we consider without doubt to be good and promising, to remember this self-evident truth, for we believe it to be quite possible that they may encounter many practical difficulties in their first attempts to follow our plan.