It was reasonable to expect that the effect of the use of the antitoxine remedy upon the diphtheria death rate in a city would first be seen in Paris, for the remedy has been administered in the ...

Read before the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, February 18, 1895. Select the format you want to export the citation of this publication.

A diphtheria epidemic was “almost inevitable” if he did not receive one million units of antitoxin as soon as possible. “Mail is only form of transportation,” he wrote, in reference to the ...

Later Dr. Theobald Smith, of the Rockefeller Institute, found that if a little diphtheria toxin were added to antitoxin the mixture would immunize animals against the disease. At once Dr. William ...

Located on the western coast of Alaska, Nome was not only hundreds of miles from the nearest diphtheria antitoxin in Anchorage, but also largely inaccessible due to the harsh winter weather.

In 1925, Seppala was part of the nearly 700-mile relay of mushers and dog teams to get diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, during a deadly outbreak of the disease. (AP Photo, File) Thanks to ...

A race to save lives Diphtheria is an airborne disease that causes a thick, suffocating film on the back of the throat; it was once a leading cause of death for children. The antitoxin used to ...