Abstract:1. By means of a test method, which is described, the presence or absence of the chill-producing principle in antipneumococcus serum may be determined.
2. This principle may be present in normal blood or serum, homologous as well as heterologous, and the measures employed to obtain an antibody solution are not essential factors in its formation.
3. The chill reaction may be mitigated by the administration of nitrites and by opium and antipyretics. It is doubtful whether this fact … Show more
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