Author : Theobald Smith
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781397333056
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (33 download)
Book Synopsis The Toxin of Diphtheria and Its Antitoxin (Classic Reprint) by : Theobald Smith
Download or read book The Toxin of Diphtheria and Its Antitoxin (Classic Reprint) written by Theobald Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Toxin of Diphtheria and Its Antitoxin In accordance with their facilities and command of meth ods, experimenters have been exploiting the nature and ao tion of toxins in different directions, some applying the methods of physiology and physiological chemistry, others those of pathological anatomy, still others those of ex perimental biology. Though we must acknowledge that we are only within the threshold of this work, it is difficult not to see what great progress has been made. Ten years ago a vague knowledge of the existence of bacterial poi sons is all that we possessed. Of the existence of anti toxins there was not a hint. Since then a new horizon has come into View fully as great in its sweep as that which pre sented itself to the great discoverers in the domain of micro organisms. For while the latter revealed to us the swarm of enemies that beset us, the former unfolds before us the forces that the animal body holds in readiness for them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.