APPENDIX IV 



A POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE AUXETICS OF 

 HEALING AND IMMUNITY AGAINST INFECTIVE 

 DISEASE 



THE fact that auxetics contained in the remains of dead tissues 

 and in globin will cause the cell-proliferation of healing has 

 suggested a new line of research connected with the problem of 

 immunity. Since the cell-proliferation of healing is caused by 

 chemical agents, and since the actions of these agents can be 

 augmented by substances produced by bacteria, and inhibited 

 by normal serum, it may be useful to ascertain the action of 

 disease germs on (1) the remains of dead tissues and globin, and the 

 auxetic it contains, and (2) on serum. It is obvious that if disease- 

 germs decompose auxetics, there will be less cell-proliferation of 

 healing; but if they produce substances which augment the action 

 of auxetics, or if they prevent the inhibitory action of serum, then 

 they will tend to assist in healing an injury. Before any disease- 

 germ can obtain a footing in the body it must cause an injury 

 which is followed by an attempt at healing. If this healing is 

 prevented, disease will be the result. If, however, healing occurs 

 successfully, the patient will remain immune. Hence this sugges- 

 that the action of disease-germs on the sources of the causes of the 

 cell-proliferation of healing should be investigated. In reality, 

 the problem is a bacteriological one, but the investigation of it will 

 not, I think, be very difficult. 



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