VIII. 



SERUM THERAPY IN DIPHTHERIA 

 AND OTHER DISEASES. 



THE passing year has been prolific of investigations 

 and progress in the broadening field of bacteriol- 

 ogy. More and more we see the study of the disease 

 germs resulting in additions to our knowledge of diag- 

 nosis, treatment and prevention of the infectious proc- 

 esses. It is becoming more reliable and relied upon, 

 in clinical as well as pathological diagnosis. It is be- 

 coming a more and more important part of sanitary- 

 science and preventive medicine. In the field of 

 therapeutics it is opening up lines of investigation and 

 experiment which are full of promise. ISTo intelli- 

 gent person any longer looks upon bacteriology as a 

 fad or fashion. It has become in a hundred ways too 

 well established and of too much practical value for 

 any such view. 



A year ago the subject of the antitoxin treatment 

 and serum therapy was attracting universal attention 

 and interest. Every one was watching it and eagerly 

 asking what was to come of it. This interest, though 

 quieter, is none the less intense, and current medical 

 literature has fairly overflowed with discussions upon 



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