Blood Immunity and Blood Relationship: A Demonstration of Certain Blood-Relationships amongst Animals by Means of the Precipitin Test for Blood [Paperback]

The text, first published in 1904, presents a demonstration of blood relationships among animals by means of the precipitin test for blood.In this book, which was first published 1904, George Henry Falkiner Nuttall provides a record of investigations carried out in the Pathological Laboratory of the University of Cambridge, chiefly during 1902. The text presents a demonstration of blood relationships among animals by means of the precipitin test for blood.In this book, which was first published 1904, George Henry Falkiner Nuttall provides a record of investigations carried out in the Pathological Laboratory of the University of Cambridge, chiefly during 1902. The text presents a demonstration of blood relationships among animals by means of the precipitin test for blood.George Henry Falkiner Nuttall (18621937) was an American-British bacteriologist who made significant contributions to various aspects of medicine. In this book, which was first published 1904, Nuttall provides a record of investigations carried out in the Pathological Laboratory of the University of Cambridge, chiefly during 1902. The text presents a demonstration of blood relationships among animals by means of the precipitin test for blood. A bibliography is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in haematology and the history of science.Introduction; Part I. Relating to Antibodies in General Other than the Preciptins: 1. Ehrlich's theory regarding the formation of antibodies, together with a brief consideration of toxins and antioxins; 2. Ferments and antiferments; 3. The cytoxins of blood serum; 4. The action of different sera upon the blood corpuscles of certain animals in vitro and in corpore; 5. Agglutins and anti-agglutins, etc.; Part II. The Preciptins: 1. Methods; 2. The nature of preciptin reactions; 3. Observations upon preciptins and preciptable substances in corpore; 4. The specificity of preciptins; 5. Isopreciptins, antipreciptins, normal preciptins, autl%