Author : Edward C. Hort
Release : 2015-07-21
Genre : Medical
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Rational Immunisation in the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Other Diseases - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rational Immunisation in the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Other Diseases write by Edward C. Hort. This book was released on 2015-07-21. Rational Immunisation in the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Other Diseases available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Excerpt from Rational Immunisation in the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Other Diseases: Comprising Paper Read Before the Royal Society of Medicine, March, 1909 It is generally considered that production and maintenance of immunity to infection are questions only of protection against bacteria and their products. I submit, in the light of increasing knowledge of the phenomena of cellular pathology: - (1) That this interpretation ignores such additional factors in the sum-total of infection as autolysis and other anomalies of cell-metabolism, as well as the toxic products of such anomalies, and is therefore far too restricted. (2) That its acceptance accounts for the limited success that has so far attended all hetero-inoculative methods of fighting infective disease. (3) That until this be realised no great advance is possible in the specific treatment and prevention, not only of conditions admittedly the result of bacterial invasion, but of many other diseases in no way related thereto. In order to maintain such propositions as these I shall bring evidence to show: - (1) That spontaneous auto-inoculation, being a process of natural cure of infection by auto-serum and auto-vaccine therapy, incites the restraint of all the factors concerned, and (2) That artificial auto-inoculation is on that account immeasurably superior to hetero-inoculation, whenever it can be conveniently applied. I shall also call attention to a novel method of interpreting temperature charts in terms of immunity curves, and shall refer to the advantages of measuring the antitryptic powers of the blood. 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.