Abstract
The growing interest in the lipids of the blood in their relation to immunologic processes is evident in the accumulating literature on the subject. In dermatology, cholesterol and lecithin, two important members of this group, are receiving the attention of workers who believe that lipid metabolism may offer the explanation of phenomena still obscure in many cutaneous diseases. Investigations in the field of biochemistry tend to support the view that the lipids may be the principal factors concerned in the mechanism of immunity in syphilis, although there is a lack of unanimity on the part of the various investigators as to the interpretation of their findings. Believing that the lipids may carry the clue to the elucidation of some of the problems concerned in the defense mechanism of the body, we undertook some eight years ago a study of the cholesterol content of the blood. During this
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