INDEX 



Adrenals, mast cells in, 22 



Alimentary tract, lower vertebrates, mast cells in, 



9 

 Amino acids, basic, in mast cell, 125, 126, 162 

 Amoebocyte with spherules, 6 

 Amphibia, blood formation in, 7 



mast cells in, 7 

 Amphioxus, 7 



Anaemia, aplastic, mast cells in, 20 

 Anaphylatoxin. 65, 67, 68-70 

 Anaphylaxis, 20, 34, 35, 36, 37, 65, 69, 137, 160 



in dog, 137, 139 



in guinea pig, 69, 139 



in hamster, 69 



in mouse, 69 



in rabbit, 139 



in rat, 65, 69, 137 



mast cells in, 20 

 Angiomas, mast cells in, 24 

 Anti-histamines, 66, 70, 127 

 Anurans, mast cells in, 7, 9 

 Appendix, mast cells in, 21 



B 



Basophil (blood mast cell, mast leucocyte), 4, 17- 



20, 92 

 Bat, mast cells in, 13 

 Batrachians, mast cells in, 9 

 Benzpyrene-caffeine, 127 

 Birds, blood formation in, 8 

 Birds, liver, mast cells in, 10 

 Blood formation, in birds, 8 

 in fishes, 7 

 in amphibia, 7 

 Blood mast cell, see basophil 

 Blood-vascular system, comparative development 



of, 7-9 

 Blood vessels, lower vertebrates, mast cells 



around, 9-10 

 higher vertebrates, mast cells around, 8, 13, 



14, 15-16, 24, 29, 33, 37, 39-45, 48-58, 



95-97, 108, 137, 160, 161 

 Bone marrow, tissue mast cells in, 19-20 

 Bone, rabbit, mast cells in, 19 



rat, mast cells in, 20, 154 

 Brain, mast cells in, 13, 14, 16 

 Breast, mast cells in, 21 

 Bullfrog, granular cells in, 1 1 



Calf, mast cells in, 13 



Capsules, mast cells in, 13, 39, 72-74, 85, 162 



/i-carboline compound, 159 



Carcinogenesis, mast cells in, 26-27, 152-159, 164 



Carcinoma, mast cells in, 21, 23 



Cartilage, 146 



Cat, basophils in, 18 



mast cells in, 13, 74-75, 149-152, 163 



Central nervous system, mast cells in, 13, 14, 16 



Chromatography, 124, 128, 159 



Clasmatocyte, and mast cell, 5 



Clotting time, 138-139 



Coarse granulocyte, in lower vertebrates, 6, 9 



Coelenterates, granular cells in, 6 



Compound 48/80, 93-108, 109-119, 127, 138, 

 162 

 intra-arterial injection, 94, 105, 107 

 mode of action, 106-108, 113-115, 127, 162 



Connective tissue, 36, 58, 97, 102, 122, 139-143, 

 160, 163 

 mast cells in, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 

 96-97,99, 101, 102, 104, 108, 122, 139-143 



Cortisone, 154 



Crayfish, granular cells in, 7 



Cyclostomes, blood formation in, 7 



D 



1, 2, 5, 6-dibenzanthracene, 33 

 Dog, mast cells in, 13-14 



liver, mast cells in, 13, 28, 34-35, 59, 74, 85-86, 

 137-138 



Ear, histamine, in cattle, 144 



in mouse, 146 



in pig, 145-146 



in ox, 145-146 



in rat, 18,98, 107 

 Echinoderms, granular cells in, 6 

 Elasmobranchs, mast cells in, 10 

 Elastic tissue, 153 

 Electrophoresis, 116 

 Elephantiasis, mast cells in, 22 

 Embryo, man, mast cells in, 14-15, 140 



rat, mast cells in, 14, 140 

 Embryonal (" plasma ") cell, 4 

 Endothelium, 143 

 Eosinophil, 11, 161 



relation to mast cell, 1 1 

 Ester sulphate, 74 

 Evan's blue, 40 



Fat cells, relationship to mast cells, 13, 102 

 Fibroblast, 102, 139-143 

 Fibroids, uterine, mast cells in, 24 

 Fibromas, mast cells in, 24 

 Fibrosarcomas, mast cells in, 24 

 Fishes, basophils in, 17 



bony, blood formation in, 8 



cartilagenous, blood formation in, 7 



gut, granular cells in, 12 



mast cells in, 7, 9 

 Fluorescence, 60, 62, 66, 68, 127, 153-9, 162, 164 

 Formaldehyde, 159 

 Free chromotrope substance, and mast cells (see 



also metachromasia), 23, 24, 33, 141-142 



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