Scarlet Fever

Serum Treatment of Scarlatina

“…Gordon (1927) found the total febrile period in days shorter in patients receiving serum. Lindsay, Rice and Selinger (1927) state that the febrile period was 7-8 days in treated and 9 days in untreated cases. Not only do the results shown below (Table II) bear out those of Lindsay, Rice and Selinger (1927), but they also show that, provided the antitoxin is given during the first six days of illness, the same speedy return to normal is obtained irrespective of the actual date of administration.…”

“…Lindsay, Rice and Selinger (1927) state that the febrile period was 7-8 days in treated and 9 days in untreated cases. Not only do the results shown below (Table II) bear out those of Lindsay, Rice and Selinger (1927), but they also show that, provided the antitoxin is given during the first six days of illness, the same speedy return to normal is obtained irrespective of the actual date of administration. While the return of temperature and pulse to the normal occurred earlier in the cases in the present series than in the series of Lindsay, Eice and Selinger (1927) yet in both series the return occurred earlier in the cases treated with antitoxin than in untreated cases.…”