. Medical diseases of infancy and childhood. IXpbtberial infection of uvula ami aiucrior pillar^ of fauces, hhowing the disappearance of theemhrane after injection of antitoxic serum (a, 18 hours ; b, 24 bourM, and c, .iG hour,«i after injec-m). (From drawings by I)b. Rowland Pollock.) after which it is covered with absorbent cotton. After tlic injection• the pad of cotton-wool is replaced, and retained In a bandage. Thesyringe is cleansed with cold sterilized water. For children under 148 ACUTE SPECIFIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. two years, and in mild cases over that age, the first dose shouldbe 1
. Medical diseases of infancy and childhood. IXpbtberial infection of uvula ami aiucrior pillar^ of fauces, hhowing the disappearance of theemhrane after injection of antitoxic serum (a, 18 hours ; b, 24 bourM, and c, .iG hour,«i after injec-m). (From drawings by I)b. Rowland Pollock.) after which it is covered with absorbent cotton. After tlic injection• the pad of cotton-wool is replaced, and retained In a bandage. Thesyringe is cleansed with cold sterilized water. For children under 148 ACUTE SPECIFIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. two years, and in mild cases over that age, the first dose shouldbe 1,000 units; in severe cases above that age, 1,500 to 2, there be no improvement, the dose should be repeated in fromeighteen to twenty-four hours, or in bad cases even earlier, and athird dose may be given if necessary. In those cases in which the serum produces its characteristic eifect,the false membrane becomes in five or six hours whiter and moreprominent, and is surrounded by a zone of deeply injected mucousmembrane. The false
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