Urges Doctors to Learn Serum's Use

• More new cases and fewer deaths were reported from influenza-pneumonia yesterday• There were 15 influenza deaths and 6 pneumonia, with a total of 87 new influenza cases and 6 pneumonia• Health Commissioner William C. Woodward believes the epidemic is abating• The State reported a decrease except for in Lowell where there are a number of new cases• The Influenza Commission held a meeting yesterday and voted to advise the 5400 physicians of Massachusetts to acquaint themselves with the method of using pneumonia serum developed by the US Naval Hospital• State epidemiologist Dr. Bernard W. Carey stated, “If given early and properly and to true influenza cases, I believe that the Chelsea Naval Hospital serum will cure influenza-pneumonia…The serum is perfectly harmless, and it seems to be the only bit of solid ground that we can put or feet on in the influenza-pneumonia outbreak.”• Carey indicated that the treatment has been in use in half a dozen hospitals in Greater Boston and has begun to spread state-wide through physiciansNewspaper article1