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IN the earlier chapters of this book the author surveys the processes underlying immunity, and describes the preparation and properties of toxins and antitoxins and the agglutination and precipitin reactions. The principles of therapeutic immunisation by means of vaccines are then considered, and finally the practical applications of therapeutic immunisation, to diseases of the alimentary canal, the respiratory system, and other regions of the body are described. The author's system does not appear to differ essentially from the customary routine, with the exception that in some instances he advocates the continuance of treatment until very large doses of vaccine are reached, e.g. 30 1000 million cocci in the case of some staphylo-coccic infections. The use of various iodine preparations is also recommended as an adjunct to vaccine treatment in some infections. For the treatment of tuberculosis, tuberculins made by extraction with benzoyl chloride, which is a solvent for the waxy constituent of the tubercle bacillus, are considered to be superior to the ordinary tuberculins.
Therapeutic Immunisation: Theory and Practice.
By Dr. W. M. Crofton. Pp. 224, (London: J. and A. Churchill, 1918.) Price 7s. 6d. net.
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H., R. Therapeutic Immunisation: Theory and Practice . Nature 101, 64 (1918). https://doi.org/10.1038/101064a0
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