CHAPTER IV 

 TOXINS AND ANTITOXINS 



GENERAL NATURE OF TOXINS. 

 THE BACTERIAL TOXINS. 



CLASSIFICATION. 

 PATHOLOGICAL EFFECTS. 

 FORMATION OF ANTITOXINS. 



TECHNIC OF PRODUCING DIPHTHERIA TOXIN. 

 THE NATURE OF ANTITOXINS. 



STANDARDIZATION OF DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN. 

 THE MINIMUM LETHAL DOSE (M.L.D.). 

 THE L DOSE (LIMES NULL). 

 THE L-f. DOSE (LIMES DEATH). 

 TITRATION OF DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN. 

 THE TOXIN ANTITOXIN UNION. 

 THEORIES OF UNION. 

 EHRLICH THEORY. 

 LAW OF MASS ACTION. 



THE DANYSZ EFFECT. 



THERAPEUTIC USE OF DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN. 

 VALUE. 



MODES OF ADMINISTRATION. 

 NATURAL IMMUNITY TO DIPHTHERIA. 



THE SCHICK TEST. 

 ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION IN MAN. 

 TETANUS TOXIN AND ANTITOXIN. 

 TETANOTOXIN. 

 TETANOSPASMIN. 

 ROUTE OF ABSORPTION OF TOXIN. 

 THERAPEUTIC USE OF TETANUS ANTITOXIN. 

 PROPHYLAXIS. 



TREATMENT OF THE DISEASE, 

 DYSENTERY TOXIN. 



THERAPEUTIC USE OF DYSENTERY ANTISERA. 

 BOTULINUS TOXIN. 



THE USE OF IMMUNE SERA IN BOTULISM. 

 GAS BACILLUS TOXINS. 



THE USE OF IMMUNE SERA IN GAS GANGRENE. 

 TREATMENT OF THE DISEASE. 

 PROPHYLAXIS. 

 BACTERIAL HEMOTOXINS. 



STAPHYLOLYSIN AND ANTILYSIN. 

 THE PHYTOTOXINS. 

 RICIN. 

 ABRIN. 

 CROTIN. 

 CURCIN. 

 PHASIN. 

 THE ZOOTOXINS. 



SNAKE VENOMS. 



SCORPION AND SPIDER POISON. 



CENTIPEDE POISON. 



BEES, WASPS, AND HORNETS. 



TOADS, FROGS, AND SALAMANDERS. 



POISONOUS FISH. 



EEL SERUM. 



PARASITIC PROTOZOA. 



MAMMALIA. 



ANIMAL SERA. 



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