Untreated, both meningeal and miliary tuberculosis commonly kill within two or three months, and about one-third of the victims get only temporary help from streptomycin.
Their verdict was death from natural causesmeningeal encephalitis, aggravated by tuberculosis, as evidenced by a tubercular lesion in the right lung and a spinal curvature.
It is no good against miliary (generalized) or meningeal tuberculosis, where streptomycin is most effective.