Volgograd Journal of Medical Research

Volgograd Journal of Medical Research

Quarterly Journal of Science and Practice


UDK: УДК 61(09):616.9-053.2(09)

REVISITING THE HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY AND CLINICAL APPLICATION OF ANTIDIPHTHERIC SERUM

O. S. Kitsenko

Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, кафедра истории и культурологии

Резюме

The article analyzes the main stages of the discovery and clinical application of antidiphtheric serum therapy as well as its importance for the further development of ideas about the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases.

Ключевые слова

infectious diseases, diphtheria, serum therapy, antitoxin.

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