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The albumens have a much greater power of decre- 

 asing the hsemolytic action of the tetanolysin than of the 

 hsemolytic action of bases. As regards the normal 

 serum, this is already well known, and its action has been 

 compared with that of antitoxin, although it is much 

 more complicated, as will be seen later. 



To begin with, we give below the results of experi- 

 ments w 7 ith egg albumen. First, the amount of added 

 toxin is indicated as in the earlier tables. In the first 

 series it consisted of 0,2 % lysin, in the last (sixth) - 

 half of 2% lysin and the other half of egg albumen, 

 in the fifth the amount of lysin was 1,5 cc., the amount 

 of albumen 1 cc., to which 1,5 cc. of water was added; 

 in the fourth series the corresponding amounts were 1,5, 

 0,5 and 2 cc. ; in the third 1, 0,2 and 2,8 and in the second 

 1, 0,05 and 2,95. 



For the sake of clearness the amount of lysin is 

 indicated in the terms of 1 : 100 % of the whole mix- 

 ture to which blood diluted with salt solution was used; 



these are given in the table in brackets by the side of the 

 figures expressing the amount of haemolysis. 



The last of the values for 1,25 A shows that egg al- 

 bumen has no sensible action in a concentration of 

 0,04 %. The middle figures in the next column indi- 



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