An Analysis of Four Hundred Cases of Epidemic Meningitis Treated with the Anti-meningitis Serum

نویسندگان

  • Simon Flexner
  • James W. Jobling
چکیده

It is our belief that the analyses of histories of cases of epidemic meningitis which have been presented in this article furnish convincing proof that the antimeningitis serum when used by the subdural method of injection, in suitable doses and at proper intervals, is capable of reducing the period of illness; of preventing, in large measure, the chronic lesions and types of the infection; of bringing about complete restoration to health, in all but a very small number of the recovered, thus lessening the serious, deforming, and permanent consequences of meningitis; and of greatly diminishing the fatalities due to the disease.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine

دوره 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003