TY  - JOUR
T1  - PRophylactic effect of antitoxin on the child in utero
AU  - RANSOM DH
Y1  - 1909/02/13
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1909.25420330038003
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 556
EP  - 556
VL  - LII
IS  - 7
N2  - Two years ago I was called to treat a child supposed to be suffering with tonsillitis. I found the child with an unmistakable diphtheritic membrane in its throat. A second child also complained of sore throat and was found to have a membrane on the uvula. The mother, who expected to give birth to another child in a few days, also had a membrane in the throat. The diagnoses were all confirmed microscopically later. The first child had a severe attack and three weeks later died from nephritis. The second child and the mother were not severely ill, as I injected antitoxin at once in all cases and their illness had been of but twenty-four hours duration at the time of the injection.I administered 4,000 units to the mother, followed in twelve hours by 3,000 more. Ten hours after the mother received the second injection the child was born,
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1909.25420330038003
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.25420330038003
ER  -