"On these tables further comment seems unnecessary.
Summary
"The improved results in the diphtheria cases treated during the year 1895, which are indicated by the foregoing statistics and clinical observations, are—
1. A great reduction in the mortality of cases brought under treatment on the first and second day of illness.
2. The lowering of the combined general mortality to a point below that of any former year.
3. The still more remarkable reduction in the mortality of the laryngeal cases.
4. The uniform improvement in the results of tracheotomy at each separate hospital.
5. The beneficial effect produced on the clinical course of the disease.
Conclusions
"A consideration of the foregoing statistical tables and clinical observations, covering a period of twelve months, and embracing a large number of cases, in our opinion sufficiently demonstrates the value of antitoxin in the treatment of diphtheria.