70 IMMUNITY 



ANTI-TOXINS, VACCINES, AND TOXINS 



The following is Wassermann's list of anti-toxins: 

 Anti-toxins for bacterial toxins : 



Diphtheria 

 Tetanus 

 Botulism 

 Pyocyaneus 

 Symptomatic Anthrax 



Anti-leucocidin, an anti-toxin against the leucolytic poinson of 

 staphylococcus 



Anti-toxins for the blood dissolving toxins of certain bacteria. 

 Anti-toxin for animal toxins : 



Anti-venene for snake venom 



Anti-toxin for spider poison 



Anti-toxin for scorpion poison 



Anti-toxins for certain poisons in fish, eel, salamander, turtle, and wasp 



sera. 



Anti-toxins for plant poisons : 

 Anti-ricin for castor-oil poison 

 Anti-abrinforjequerity bean poison 

 Anti-robin for locust bean poison 

 Anti-croton for crotin-oil bean poison 

 Anti-pollen for pollen of plants that produce hay-fever. 



There may be added to this list a number of anti-sera developed 

 to a practical value in recent years whose activity is dependent 

 not on anti-toxin content, but upon their ability to agglutinate, 

 precipitate, and opsonify their respective microorganisms. These 

 sera are made against infections with: 



Pneumococcus 



Meningitis coccus 



Streptococcus 



Plague 



Dysentery (bacillary) 



Staphylococcus 



Typhoid fever 



