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COMMERCIAL PREPARATIONS OF DIPHTHERIA TOXIN-ANTITOXIN

COMMERCIAL PREPARATIONS OF DIPHTHERIA TOXIN-ANTITOXIN Between Sept. 2 and Dec. 17, 1926, nine cases of diphtheria developed among the nurses of the Illinois Training School, which supplies the Cook County Hospital of Chicago with nurses. Five cases developed in the last two weeks of November. The impression gained during this outbreak, that toxin-antitoxin as it was then being administered was not affording adequate protection against diphtheria, led to the present study. It includes the twenty-nine cases of diphtheria occurring among the nurses from Jan. 1, 1926, to June 8, 1927, a period of about seventeen months. From Dec. 1, 1925, to Sept. 1, 1926, all incoming students had received three 1 cc. injections of diphtheria toxin-antitoxin. The material used was a commercial preparation obtained from the Illinois state health department. It was prepared under a license from the Hygienic Laboratory of the United States Public Health Service. The immunizing treatment had been given to all http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

COMMERCIAL PREPARATIONS OF DIPHTHERIA TOXIN-ANTITOXIN

RHOADS, PAUL S.
JAMA , Volume 90 (4) – Jan 28, 1928
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1928 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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1538-3598
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10.1001/jama.1928.02690310006003
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Abstract

Between Sept. 2 and Dec. 17, 1926, nine cases of diphtheria developed among the nurses of the Illinois Training School, which supplies the Cook County Hospital of Chicago with nurses. Five cases developed in the last two weeks of November. The impression gained during this outbreak, that toxin-antitoxin as it was then being administered was not affording adequate protection against diphtheria, led to the present study. It includes the twenty-nine cases of diphtheria occurring among the nurses from Jan. 1, 1926, to June 8, 1927, a period of about seventeen months. From Dec. 1, 1925, to Sept. 1, 1926, all incoming students had received three 1 cc. injections of diphtheria toxin-antitoxin. The material used was a commercial preparation obtained from the Illinois state health department. It was prepared under a license from the Hygienic Laboratory of the United States Public Health Service. The immunizing treatment had been given to all

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JAMA – American Medical Association

Published: Jan 28, 1928

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