CHAPTER XIX 



THEKAPEUTIC IMMUNIZATION IN MAN 



FACTS CONCERNING ANTITOXIN TREATMENT IN. MAN 



THERAPEUTIC USE OF DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN 



IT is not consistent with the purpose of this brief treatise to dis- 

 cuss extensively the therapeutic benefits obtained by serum therapy in 

 diphtheria. We can convey briefly an adequate idea of this by citing 

 some of the tables given by Northrup in Nothnagel's "Encyclopedia 

 of Practical Medicine/' American Edition, Volume on Diphtheria, 

 etc., p. 143. These figures are taken from the statistics of the New 

 York Board of Health, which began treatment of diphtheria with 

 antitoxin in January, 1895. Dr. Northrup states, however, that 

 serum treatment cannot be considered to have been in general use 

 until some time later. 



Without Antitoxin 



With Antitoxin 



Table taken directly from Northrup, loc. cit. 



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