Deseret Evening News | 1903-02-20 | Page 5 | Scarlet Fever Serum

New Nel York oric Feb SOA phy physician of thin iris city huts has now under tudor ob a ease Clime which U ha tire the first experiment In iii this country with a Vl new flew serum which Is believed to doe des destroy troy tray the genus of scarlet fever Several days ago time the doctor was called to Iii see sec a rail frail little girl wire who had hada a severe attack of scarlet fever with throat complication liar Her temperature was degrees decree The doctor decided to try tire the new serum erum Twelve hours af auf after ter ier one Injection tire the Patients tempera temperature tore ture decreased two degrees In Iii the morning of the following day It descended to normal but rose again to degrees degree On the fourth day It continued normal Tire The last It is Temperature 9 99 pulse 91 si respiration HI 21 antI and general con condition ill I Inn good Tins This new was discovered by Dr a bacteriologist of Berlin with this now se e ruin nun for scarlet fever r began last July and tire the ca vases p experimented on were selected elected regardless of severIty lighty eight per ir cent of those treated were vere at as cured and their heir recovery wa was without tIre the usual complications ot of scarlet fever ferer