Antitoxin

The resemblance increases when we learn that cytotoxins, quite in the same way as the enzymes, cause the formation of specific antisubstances when brought into the veins.

The formation of antitoxins is quite analogous to the formation of anti-enzymes.

Antitoxins have the specific effect of rendering the cytotoxin to which they correspond inefficacious.

the antitoxin phenomenon as we know plays an important part in the defence of animal and human organisms against the toxin producing bacteria in infectious diseases the production of antibodies is a most remarkable feature in the mutual chemical influencing of living cells against alien living cells and their chemical products especially for pathology the study of such phenomena is at present of the greatest importance A whole new branch of biochemistry called immunochemistry has been built up upon the basis of the general experiences mentioned above.

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Think of it as fighting a poison already moving through the body while trying to stop the infection from reaching another household.

Antitoxin could neutralize toxin that had not yet bound a tissue, making early treatment especially important.

Each part depended on the next.

The antitoxin had to remain usable, teams had to meet, weather had to be read rather than wished away, and the clinic needed time to treat patients after the package arrived.