antitoxin

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There is an antitoxin that doctors can give.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2024

WHO purchases antitoxin, made in horses, from just two companies, and supply has been problematic for a decade.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 20, 2023

Sled dog teams, including Balto’s, transported vials of diphtheria antitoxin in a 674-mile relay from Nenana, Alaska, braving intense winds and wind-chill temperatures of –85 degrees Fahrenheit.

From Scientific American • Apr. 27, 2023

As diphtheria - a serious and sometimes fatal bacterial infection - spread among Nome's people, its port was icebound, meaning antitoxin would have to be delivered overland.

From Reuters • Apr. 27, 2023

Clergymen seem to consider it necessary for them to have their minds made up as to whether the use of diphtheria antitoxin is advisable or not.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin