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...summer against the red brick of Massachusetts, besides recalling memories of rugged Continentals, also brings to mind a picture of General Burgoyne, pacing his narrow quarters in Apthorpe House after the battle of Saratoga. And a certain individuality in the execution of Emerson is unavoidably reminiscent of the old Concord sage, a quotation from whose works, according to a sight-seeing tour conductor, appears over the door...
...Concord, Mass., 19 children, and at Bridgewater, Mass., 25 children, as a result of the serum developed swollen limbs, sore eyes, nausea. The serum had become congealed in transit from Washington to Boston. The vaccine is made by combining the diphtheria poison with its antidote in such a way as to produce immunity from diphtheria. The freezing separated some of the serum from its antidote, so that the mixture became "moderately poisonous...
...game was played on the Concord rink and under perfect weather conditions...
...accidents at Concord and Bridgewater have been proved definitely to have been due not only to the freezing of the preparation but also to its prolonged duration in the frozen state. This causes the toxin to dissociate from the antitoxin, the latter becoming insoluble, and a small amount of toxin remaining free. This train of circumstances was not known before...
...While it is perfectly comprehensible that the sort of thing which occurred at Concord and Bridgewater should arouse a considerable amount of justifiable anxiety on the part of the public, it is nevertheless the duty of authorities whose only excuse for existence is to prevent disease and suffering, to judge such situations on the basis of eventual good to the community as a whole, and not allow a well-proven instrument of preventive medicine to be destroyed or neglected because of an accident the cause of which is known and therefore under control...