Immune Bodies Circulating in the Blood 45 



growth resulted when normal scrum was added to the agar. We could not 

 obtain complete fungistasis. Therapeutic use of serum in patients with 

 fungous disease lias been uniformly unsuccessful. 



2. DEEP (INVASIVE) FUNGOUS DISEASES 



Whereas in main of these deep fungous infections it is possible to demon- 

 strate agglutinins, precipitins, opsonins and complement-fixing antibodies, 

 such tests have not come into popular use, nor are they considered as 

 reliable as other methods for diagnosis. This subject is considered further 

 under the various individual diseases. 



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