Practical Points about Active Immunization against Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever

The Prophylaxis of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.

rise of temperature in acute eczema, if present at all, is only trifling, possibly a degree, and the patient who looks so ill feels quite well, though perhaps tormented with itching. There is, however, another, the relapsing, form of erysipelas, to which I have given the descriptive name of relapsing streptococcal lymphangitis. This is in reality a chronic disease with acute exacerbations. The ...

Oral Immunization against Diphtheria and Tetanus Infections by Fluid Dphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids

Active and Passive Immunization in Typhus Fever.

Inspection of the paleontologic history of many phyla shows that when certain members of a series of polyisomeres have been subjected to in-. creasing stresses through long periods of geologic time, they have often become enlarged, strengthened or fused with their neighbors and have thereby passed into a state of anisomerism. Thus taxonomy, paleontology, comparative anatomy, genetics, experimen...

Active Immunization against Poliomyelitis

1. A single intracutaneous inoculation with a subinfective dose of the virus of poliomyelitis produces considerable immunity. 2. Virus-serum combinations produce an appreciable immunity, providing just sufficient serum is used to protect the animal from paralysis. If there is an excess of serum, the degree of immunity is considerably reduced.

Diphtheria Immunization *

AT the beginning of the twentieth century diphtheria occupied a unique position in contrast to other infectious diseases. Its symptoms and course were well known and accurately described, the causal organism definitely recognized, and a specific remedy was available for its treatment, yet in spite of this wealth of scientific knowledge the control and prevention of the disease had proved a comp...