#antitoxin — Public Fediverse posts

@jeneralist

First of all "Right On!" 👍

I've been researching Diphtheria mortality in the US around the year 1900 for a book project. Not much data from the US but the UK data are there for death before age 5, all causes. I could find nothing more specific.

My medical family started with Dr. Willam A. Rohlf who graduated in 1891 from the original med school in Iowa City. He wrote a book late in life about his experiences. I put it up on the web in the 1990s.

He goes into much detail about diphtheria, the (then) new antitoxin, and treating the disease with it.

FYI to all who might be interested...

https://gmd.rathe.org/chapt10.html

https://gmd.rathe.org/chapt14.html

https://gmd.rathe.org/chapt15.html

It is a TERRIBLE disease!! And it is still out there in the world...

#Diphtheria #Vaccination #Antitoxin #History #Iowa

[Correspondence] #Death from #diphtheria https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02560-6/fulltext?rss=yes

This terrible #disease is completely preventable with the diphtheria toxoid #vaccine. But for those unfortunate #children with pharyngeal diphtheria who did not receive this vaccine, their chances of #survival can be increased substantially by early protection of the #airway with #intubation or tracheostomy and prompt administration of #antitoxin.