Serum-therapy in the light of the most recent investigations / by Frederick W. Stetson.
- Stetson, Frederick W.
- Date:
- 1902
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Serum-therapy in the light of the most recent investigations / by Frederick W. Stetson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![S ERUM-THER APY. instead of subcutaneous injections of the serum the proportion of recoveries will be greater. No definite achievements have yet been recorded with the use of serum-therapy in cholera and typhoid. Work on these diseases is still largely in the hands of laboratory investigators, notably Pfeiffer, who has pro- duced a serum effective against cholera infections in animals, and Chantemesse, who has produced one effect- ive against typhoid. The so-called serum, used with some success in preventive inoculations against typhoid, is not a serum, but a liquid culture of the typhoid bacillus, and would rnorg^pxoperly be classed as a virus. The tuberculin,^eTfi^dye'dfin-i^^ treatment of tuber- culosis, is a siiTlilar pfoSuctT Sefuin-therapy has also been attempted in ^]iB^ tic^a^ment of other diseases, as cancer, yellow f^ever, leprosy, syphilis, and rabies, but with results too vague'to aSofcTcdnclusions. We may conclude, then, tharit4ms-i?ecured a recognized position in the treatment of diphtheria, tetanus, and snake- poisoning ; and will probably soon attain this position in the treatment of pneumonia, plague, and anthrax ; while, with a perfection of methods, its satisfactory employment in other diseases, notably streptococcus infection, typhoid, and cholera is among future possi- bilities.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21167606_0054.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
