Prophylactic injection of tetanus antitoxin may be indicated.
The fatigue toxin in normal quantities is said to be counteracted by an antidote or antitoxin, also generated in the body.
The gangrene antitoxin is injected to prevent the development of gangrene poisoning.
The method may be considered as in accord with the modern theory that the bile of many animals contains strong antitoxins.
When this antitoxin is injected into the blood, it will cure diphtheria.
