That is to say, so little of antitoxic power was contained in the serum injected at first that the children were practically only kept from other and more exhausting forms of treatment, while the physicians awaited the results with nature as the only really active therapeutic agent.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
At the present time no one would think of using less than five hundred units as a beginning dose, and those who obtain the best results begin with 1000 to 1500, or in severe cases with 2000 to 3000 units of antitoxic strength.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
Another function of thyroid that must be taken into consideration is what has been spoken of as its antitoxic function-in plainer English, its power to prevent poisoning, or to increase resistance against poisons, including the bacteria and other living agents which cause the infectious diseases.
"The Glands Regulating Personality"
Louis Berman, M.D.