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G. RAMON, M.D.; G. ILLINGWORTH HÉLIE, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1930;39(4):685-686.

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It is with much interest that we have read in the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN the work on "Comparative Effects of Diphtheria Toxoid and Toxin-Antitoxin as Immunizing Agents," by Dr. G. F. Weinfeld and Dr. M. Cooperstock.¹ In a series of publications, and especially in our article on diphtheria prophylaxis in France,² we have already made known the methods of vaccination by toxoid and showed its use in prophylaxis.

In a recent study, G. F. and G. H. Dick³ affirmed the superior value of anatoxin, or toxoid, over toxin-antitoxin. They said: "Diphtheria toxoid as prepared by Ramon and given in the three doses recommended by him, is a better immunizing agent than O I L + diphtheria toxin-antitoxin mixtures, even when five doses of the latter are given."

The work of Dr. Weinfeld and Dr. Cooperstock confirms this superiority, and affirms: "the necessity of the use . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PARIS, FRANCE

From the Institut Pasteur and the American Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Nov. 6, 1929.

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