The Nature of Serum Antitrypsin and its Relation to Autolysis and the Formation of Toxins in Infection and in Anaphylaxis.

Abstract

The Antitrypsin of Egg White.-(a) Relation to lipoids; (b) isolation and properties of antitrypsin. (B) Serum Antitrypsin.-(a) Action of lipoid solvents on (1) dried serum, (2) ordinary serum; (b) endeavours to isolate serum antitrypsin; (c) soaps as antitrypsin agents; (d) inhibition of antitrypsin by (1) acids and alkalis, (2) temperature, (3) incubation; (e) adsorption of antitrypsin; (f) mode of action of antitrypsin; (g) antitrypsin in albumen fraction of serum. (II) AUTOLYSIS OF THE SERUM. (a) Result of incubation without destruction of the antitrypsin; (b) result of incubation after destruction of the antitrypsin';. (c) sensitiveness of the ferment to (1) de-antitrypsinizing reagents, 2) reaction, (3) temperature; (d) adsorption of the ferment. At a meeting of the Section, held December 2, 1919. 2 The expenses of this research were defrayed by a grant by the Medical Research