The Toxins and Venoms and Their Antibodies
CHAPTER II.
TOXINS AND ANTITOXINS.
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; Ehrlich's theory 24 Means of defense possessed by the organism against the action of toxins 28 Pasteur's vaccination method 30 Virus action 30 Phagocytosis 32 Antitoxins 33 Mode of action 35 Formation; Ehrlich's theory 38 Serotherapy 41