Etymology
Origin of antitoxic
Example Sentences
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Unless an antitoxic serum is administered, death from respiratory paralysis usually follows.
From Time Magazine Archive
She campaigned for ventilation, antitoxic rinses, safeguards of all kinds.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a rule it has no action on the corresponding toxin, i.e. is not antitoxic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
The antitoxic serum is our sheet-anchor in the treatment of diphtheria, and recourse should be had to its use as early as possible.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
It has, moreover, been found that the serum of various animals has a certain amount of antitoxic action, and thus the basis for antitoxin production, according to Ehrlich's theory, is afforded.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
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