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M. G. PETERMAN, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1930;39(2):294-297.

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A review of the literature on the prevention of measles was reported in July, 1928.¹ At this time there were presented the results of the prophylactic inoculation with antimeasles diplococcus serum (Tunnicliff) of children exposed to measles. Thirty-one of thirty-four children inoculated on or before the fifth day after exposure did not develop measles. Three children inoculated on or before the fifth day developed the disease in a modified form.

Other favorable reports have appeared concerning the use of Tunnicliff's serum since my previous publication on this work. Halpern reported twenty-eight of forty-five patients, or 63 per cent, successfully protected.² Hoyne considered the serum a reliable prophylactic if given within three days after exposure.³ Hoyne and Peacock reported forty-three children inoculated within four days after exposure who did not develop the disease; thirty-eight children inoculated on the fifth day or later developed the disease, but in 81.5 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MILWAUKEE

From the Department of Pediatrics, Marquette University, and the Milwaukee Children's Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Oct. 18, 1929.

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