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The following findings were made in a boy, aged 12 years, who since the age of 2 to 3 years has suffered from excessive thirst and polyuria (at present 4 to 5 liters daily) and who was considered to be suffering from diabetes insipidus:
) No effect of the hormone of the posterior lobe of the pituitary body.
) Normal urine and normal blood‐pressure, but increased blood urea and greatly decreased renal function.
) The urea clearance identical with the inulin clearance, which is a remarkable fact not previously described.
) The views on the excretion of urea are mentioned.
) On injection of insipidin results were found which are supposed to support the theory of the back passage of urea in the tubuli by means of active cellular activity.
Summary
Kartagener's triad is reported in a 7‐year‐old boy who had presented bronchial symptoms from birth. The author briefly discusses the frequency of bronchiectasis in situs inversus as well as the views advanced regarding the aetiology and pathogenesis.
La triade de Kartagener chez un garçon de 7 ans, présentant des signes de l'affection bronchique depuis la naissance, est décrite. L'auteur discute rapidement la fré quence des bronchiectasies au cours du situs inversus, et passe en revue les théories avancées au sujet de l'étiologie et de la pathogénie.
It is generally agreed that the presence of skin-sensitizing antibodies (reagins) in the serum can only be demonstrated by passive transfer by the method of Prausnitz-Klistner.Other types of antibody have been demonstrated by methods like agglutination of collodion particles (i), agglutination of sensitized, tannin-treated erythrocytes (5, 6, 8), and gel diffusion (14).The theoretical basis of these reactions is presumed to be that following binding to small particles, the antigen gives visible precipitation in vitro upon contact with the homologous, specific antibody.So far, however, these methods have not yielded satisfactory results.The gel diffusion technique, which in Ouchterlony's modification has gained ground in analysing complex antigens, has recently been employed in studying the occurrence of antibodies in bronchial asthma and hay fever.Since these studies {Rindom Schiott 1953, 1954and Augustin 1953 appear to show that sera from allergic patients give precipitates with ordinary allergen extracts, we Supported by a grant from The Foundation of H.M. King Christian X.
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