INDEX 



Lecithin, 127, 128, 130, 162 

 Leukaemia, basophilic, 19, 91 



myeloid, basophils in, 17, 18, 19 



tissue mast-cell, 19 

 Liver, birds, mast cells in, 10 



dog, heparin in, 28 



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

 137-138 



ichthyopsida, mast cells in, 10 



lower vertebrates, mast cells in, 10 



ox, heparin in, 28, 85 



ox, mast cells in, 13, 72-74, 85 



rabbit, mast cells in, 13 



rat, mast cells in, 13, 14 



salamander, mast cells in, 10 



urodele, mast cells in, 10 

 Lower vertebrates, mast cells in, 9-10 

 Lung fish (African), blood formation in, 7 

 Lung, mast cells in, 22, 39-40, 48, 75, 85, 87 

 Luteoma, mast cells in, 25 

 Lymph nodes, 36 



mast cells in, 16, 45, 85, 87, 88 

 Lymphatics, 8, 137, 143 

 Lymphoid tissue, mast cells in, 20, 45 



M 



Macrophage, 96, 100, 123, 124, 139 

 Man, basophils in, 18, 19 



survey of mast cells in, 14-16, 150, 152 

 Mast cell and alkaline phosphatase, 33 

 and fibrillogenesis, 58, 139-143, 161 

 and free chromotrope substance, 23, 24, 33, 



141-142 

 degenerate, 5 



degranulation, 63, 64, 96, 99, 107, 1 1 1 

 derivation, name, 3, 17 

 discovery, 3, 21 



disruption, 63, 64, 96, 130-131 

 effects on, of ammonia, 118 



of anti-histamines, 66, 70 



of bases, 126 



of heat, 64 



of histamine-liberators, 37, 59-70, 93-108, 

 119-125, 128, 130 



of oedema, 64, 68, 137-139, 162-163 



of/>H, 116-119 



of sodium hydroxide, 117, 118 



of trichloracetic acid, 125-126 



of water, 57, 119-125, 128 

 granule, aminoacids in, 125-126, 162 



enzymes in, 124-125 



heparin in, 124-125, 130 



histamine in, 124-125 



5-hydroxytryptamine in, 124 



phospholipids in, 126-128 



solubility, 5, 67, 122-124 



sulphate in, 124 

 heparin in, 28-29, 33, 34, 72, 124-125, 137- 



139, 162, 163 

 histamine in, 34-37, 71-76, 77-92, 139-143, 



150-153,160,161,163 

 histochemistry of, 124-125 

 5-hydroxytryptamine in, 124, 154-159 

 in adrenal, 43 

 in anurans, 7, 9 

 in anaphylaxis, 65, 69 



Mast cell, etc. — continued 

 in batrachians, 9 

 in blood (see basophils) 

 in bone marrow, 19-20, 154, 157-158 

 in capsules, 13, 28, 39, 58, 72-74, 85, 162 

 in carcinogenesis, 26-27, 152-159, 164 

 in cat, 13, 74-75, 149-152, 163 

 in cattle, 13, 14, 39^18, 72, 74, 75, 85, 161 

 in central nervous system, 13, 14, 16 

 in choroid plexus, 16, 45 

 in connective tissue, 15, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 



34, 43, 45, 48, 52, 58, 138, 139-143, 153, 



160, 161, 163 

 in cow, 74, 75 



in dog, 13, 28, 34, 59, 74, 75, 137 

 in ear, 93, 94, 144-147, 152 

 in embryo, 14-15, 76, 144 

 in fishes, 9, 10, 19 

 in Ichthyopsida, 9 

 in inflammation, acute, 2 



chronic 21-22, 153 

 in intestine, 8, 12, 14, 15, 58, 134-136 

 in invertebrates, 6-7 

 in joints, 40, 58 

 in kidney, 43, 85 

 in lathyrus syndrome, 20 

 in liver, 10, 13, 14, 28, 34, 36, 39-40, 58, 59, 



72-74, 85, 88, 89, 137, 138, 162 

 in lung, 22, 39-40, 48, 75, 85, 87 

 in lymph nodes, 16, 45, 85, 87, 88 

 in mammary glands, 49 

 in man, 14-16, 25, 75, 150, 152 

 in mesentery, 52, 94, 95 

 in milk spots, 62, 95 

 in muscles, 48, 58 

 in nerves, 16, 45, 100 

 in oedema, 68, 108 

 in oesophagus, 48 

 in omentum, 8, 53-54, 94, 95 

 in osteitis fibrosa, 20 

 in ox, 13, 14, 39-48, 72, 74, 75, 85, 161 

 in paronychia, 21 



in pathological conditions, 21-27, 77-92 

 in peptic ulcer, 22 

 in peptone shock, 34, 137 

 in pericardium, 40, 58 

 in peritoneum, 40, 54, 60, 122, 138 

 in pig, 13, 134-136 

 in pleura, 58, 70, 162 

 in precancerous skin, 152-159, 164 

 in rat, 14,48-58, 59-70, 161 

 in serous membranes, 8, 14, 39, 161 

 in sheep, 74, 75 

 in skin, 15, 22, 26-27, 58, 85, 87, 145-152, 



163-164 

 in spleen, 85, 87, 88, 89 

 in stomach, 48, 132-136 

 in subcutaneous tissue, 94 

 in tendon sheaths, 40 

 in thymus, 13, 16, 43, 48 

 in thyroid, 43 

 in tissue culture, 26, 83, 90 

 in tissue imprints, 82 

 in tissue spreads, 39-48, 49-58, 60-70, 72- 



74, 122 

 in tongue, 15, 48 



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