Abstract

THERE are a substantial number of physicians who are opposed to active immunization against scarlet fever, claiming that the accompanying reactions are unusually severe. The presence of this opposition, despite the fact that such immunization has been shown to be effective,1 2 3 is thought provoking, and for this reason, a report is presented of the reactions in 377 private patients actively immunized against scarlet fever during the last thirteen years.The purpose of this paper is to describe a method of active immunization against scarlet fever through use of graduated doses of scarlet-fever streptococcus toxin that was found effective both in . . .

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