antitoxin
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There is an antitoxin that doctors can give.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024
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
Dr. Park was responsible for helping mass-produce an antitoxin that served as a breakthrough in treating and preventing diphtheria, a disease that killed many of the small children and others who share his burial ground.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
Today we give antitoxin and the child's life is saved.
From Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago by McKay, Robert Henderson
