Abstract

It was shown in a paper communicated by us to the Royal Society in April, 1910— ( a ) That bacterial endotoxins have the power of inhibiting phagocytosis; that in some cases this action is general, but in most cases it is specific. ( b ) That the endotoxic substance is unaltered by prolonged exposure to high temperatures. ( c ) That, as far as our experiments then carried us, the inhibition of phagocytosis appeared to result from an interaction between endotoxin and serum.

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