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Immunologic Treatment of Digitalis Toxicity: A Tale of Two Prophecies
- VINCENT P. BUTLER, JR., M.D.; and
- THOMAS W. SMITH, M.D.
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
- Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Excerpt
If inadvertently the doses of the Foxglove should be prescribed too largely, exhibited too rapidly, or urged to too great a length, the knowledge of a remedy to counteract its results would be a desirable thing. Such a remedy may perhaps in time be discovered.
Withering, 1785 (1)
It seemed not out of the question that non-antigenic poisons after combination with protein would call forth antibodies capable of neutralizing their toxic effect. This idea . . . would hold out hopes for practical application.
Landsteiner, 1945 (2)
WITH THE RECENT approval by the Food and Drug Administration of the use
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