Through South America's southland; with an account of the Roosevelt Scientific Expedition to South America . Museum of Ypiranga, Sao Paulo. IS. Ecclesiastical Seminary. Sao Paulo. AMONG THE PROGRESSIVE PAULISTAS unique. For, in addition to scientific research, it preparesvarious serums and vaccines for diphtheria, smallpox andother infectious diseases. But its principal and most re-markable products are serums which have been discoveredby the eminent director of the institute. Dr. Vidal serums are used for treating snake-bites and are ofthree different kinds. One is an antidote fo
Through South America's southland; with an account of the Roosevelt Scientific Expedition to South America . Museum of Ypiranga, Sao Paulo. IS. Ecclesiastical Seminary. Sao Paulo. AMONG THE PROGRESSIVE PAULISTAS unique. For, in addition to scientific research, it preparesvarious serums and vaccines for diphtheria, smallpox andother infectious diseases. But its principal and most re-markable products are serums which have been discoveredby the eminent director of the institute. Dr. Vidal serums are used for treating snake-bites and are ofthree different kinds. One is an antidote for the poisonof the rattlesnake. Another is used to counteract thedeadly venom of the jararaca, the urutu and various spe-cies of the much dreaded lachesis. The third is employedas a prophylactic against the poison of any serpent what-ever, and is of special value when it is not known by whatspecies of reptile one has been bitten. The work of the Instituto Serumtherapico is carried onin essentially the same manner as that of the celebratedInstitut Pasteur in Paris. And the method of preparingthe antiophidic serums is based on the same pri
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