CONTENTS. 



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INTRODUCTION iii 



PART I. 



GENERALITIES REGARDING TOXINS AND 



ANTITOXINS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 ALKALOIDAL TOXINS, PTOMAINES, AND LEUCOMAINES. 



Alkaloidal products of cellular life I 



Ptomaines 4 



Physiological action 5 



Extraction 5 



Classification, etc 7 



Leucomaines. 10 



Xanthic leucomaines 12 



Creatinic leucomaines 13 



Neurinic leucomaines 13 



Indeterminate leucomaines 14 



CHAPTER II. 

 TOXINS AND ANTITOXINS. 



Toxins 15 



Action of pathogenic bacteria 16 



Action of toxins 17 



Nature of toxins, 18 



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