The Toxins and Venoms and Their Antibodies

We have already seen, in the preceding chapter, that the microbes and the cells of various organisms are capable of secreting definite products of a toxic nature to which the na...

The vegetable toxins possess the characteristic property of being innocuous, and of being almost completely devoid of poisonousness, when they are absorbed by the intestines; we...

=General Nature of Venoms.=--The venoms are more or less toxic products secreted by certain reptiles, batrachians, and fish; by a large number of invertebrates; by arachnids, ap...

There is but one way of characterizing the toxic poisons secreted by microbes, and that is to apply to them the name of the microbes generating them; thus the soluble and toxic...

Before entering upon the study of the true toxins, which are products of an alkaloidal nature and of unknown composition, it is necessary to say a few words regarding the most d...

Toxins 15 Action of pathogenic bacteria 16 Action of toxins 17 Nature of toxins 18 Origin of toxins 20 Autointoxications 21 General mode of action 23 Constitution of toxins; Ehr...

General nature of venoms 85 Venomous serpents 87 Nature of serpent-venoms 88 Natural immunity towards serpent-venoms 90 Artificial immunity towards serpent venoms 91 Venoms of b...

Alkaloidal products of cellular life 1 Ptomaines 4 Physiological action 5 Extraction 5 Classification, etc. 7 Leucomaines 10 Xanthic leucomaines 12 Creatinic leucomaines 13 Neur...