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Fig. 27) and two amboceptors (from rabbit, Fig. 28, 

 and from goat, Fig. 29). It is evident that, very 

 nearly, log B = A + f log C. 



It may be that this circumstance is due to some 

 disturbing action, similar to that which obscures 

 the monomolecular law for coagulating egg-white 

 (cf. p. 29 above). In reality, agglutination may be 

 regarded as a kind of coagulation. 



Madsen and Teruuchi have investigated the 

 condensation of vibriolysin on coagulated and finely 

 divided egg-white suspended in a solution contain- 

 ing that poison. They found the following figures, 

 in which c Q indicates the concentration of the poison 

 in the solution — the concentration is expressed in 

 cubic millimetres of a standard solution per 10 cc. of 

 fluid or egg-white — c 1 the corresponding concentra- 

 tion in the egg-white. As the content of poison in 

 the standard solution is very small, the value of c x 

 may naturally be expressed by a very large number. 

 For comparison the square-root \/c of c and the 

 ratio c 1 : J7 Q are tabulated : 



As we see from the values tabulated in the last 



