Mumps: use of convalescent serum in the treatment and prophylaxis of orchitis

AC Rambar - American Journal of Diseases of Children, 1946 - jamanetwork.com
MUMPS is a specific virus disease that is rarely serious in children but that produces a high
percentage of severe manifestations in adults. In normal times, the study of patients admitted
to contagious disease hospitals yields results probably not representative of the average
disease, since these patients are usually a selected group with more severe types of
mumps. The mobilization of large numbers of men in military service or an institutional
outbreak provides an opportunity to make surveys and note the effects of specific therapy on …