Some of you remember my mother, Grace Fulks Myers. She contracted diphtheria, known as “the Strangler,” in about 1916 or 1917 at age 5 or 6 years.
In 1890, Koch proteges Behring and Kitasato were able to demonstrate that they could prevent tetanus.
However, in 1890 in Germany was the first attempt to cure a disease with an antitoxin.
