PartV 



VACCINES IN THE TREATMENT 

 OF DISEASE 



Chapter XX 



THERAPEUTIC INOCULATION 



Important Points The trend of all modern 

 therapy of infectious diseases is toward the 

 elaboration of specific measures which will di- 

 rectly influence and counteract the infectious 

 agent. The purpose of vaccines in treating dis- 

 ease is to stimulate the patient's tissue-cells to 

 produce immune bodies in larger quantities than 

 the cells themselves have been able to generate 

 under the stimulus of the infection. The tissue- 

 cells in the infected area become so intoxicated 

 with the foreign substances produced by the 

 infection, that they are not able to generate an- 

 tibodies in sufficient numbers to combat the 

 disease. By stimulating the cells in other parts 

 of the body, antibodies are produced which are 

 carried by the tissue fluids to the focus of the 



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