Epidemic infantile paralysis (Heine-Medin disease) / Tr. by H. Ridley Prentice.

  • Römer, Paul Heinrich, 1876-
Date:
1913
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    PAGE II.—The Epidemiological Characteristics of the several Outbreaks 142 Season, 142—Age, sex, predisposition, 142—Proof of con- tagiousness, 144—Confirmation of Wickman's statements, 146. Chapter VI. The Fight against the Disease. ].—Immunity and Immunization 149, Clinical and epidemiological experience, 148—Attempts to reinfect monkeys, 151—Methods of immunization in monkeys, 156; a) Protective inoculation with dry virus, 156; (0) Immunization by small doses of virulent material, 157; (7) Immunization with virus attenuated or killed by chemi- cal means, 158; (8) Immunization with heated virus, 159; (e) Immunization with mixtures of virus and serum con- taining antibodies, 160; (0 Immunization during the incuba- tion period, 162; (y) The biological connection between poliomyelitis and rabies from the point of view of immunity, 162. II.—Specific Antibodies 162 Fixation of complement, 162—Specific hypersensitiveness, 163 —Successful demonstration of antibodies, 163—Serum dia- gnosis, 166—Serum therapy, 171. III.—Experiments with Drugs .. -173 IV.—Prophylaxis ... 174 Private prophylaxis, 175—State regulation, 177. Conclusion 178 Literature 180 Index igo,