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through experimental exploration of cell chemistry by the newer 

 techniques. It remains to be determined whether the response is 

 the resultant of a chain reaction or a collateral series of reactions. 

 John Hunter in 1794 thought that these changes dispose towards 

 recovery but the authors consider them mixed blessings. The clin- 

 ical interpretation of the biochemical response to injury thus en- 

 ables us to recognize what was formerly imperceptible in disease 

 processes, whether it be passive submission, active resistance, or 

 effective adaptation to bodily injury. 



I. Newton Kugelmass, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D., Editor 



