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Studies on Tetanus Prophylaxis.
Before the second world war several investigators had demonstrated the possibility of actively immunizing man against tetanus (Ramon and Zoeller, 1927; Jones and Moss, 1937; Marvell and,. Parish, 1940; Wolters and Dehmel, 1940). During the war this method was tested on a large scale, for in the allied armies prophylaxis against tetanus was based almost entirely on active immunization. Reports s...
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A study has been made by clinical methods and by bio-assay of the effectiveness of a régime for prophylaxis against tetanus. The two principal objects of the method were to ensure that active immunization was offered to all patients who had received antitoxin and to measure the effect of the combined administration of toxoid and antitoxin. Because of a high incidence of failure to re-attend, 63...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5727.117-b