The Value of Mixed Vaccines in the Prevention of the Common Cold

• Published in: The Journal of hygiene Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 98 - 109
• Main Authors: Ferguson, Fergus R., Davey, A. F. C., Topley, W. W. C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.03.1927
• Subjects: Common cold; Dosage; Empirical evidence; Inoculation; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory tract infections; Vaccination; Volunteerism

Although the common cold may appear to form a relatively trivial constituent of the mass of acute respiratory disease, which presents the student of preventive medicine with one of his most difficult and pressing problems, the total sickness and incapacity to which it gives rise is by no means small...