Enzymatic Concept of Anaphylaxis and Allergy and the Role of Eosinophils in Anaphylactic Reactions Related to Hormonal Alterations
Abstract
The book is divided into three sections, dealing respectively with the author's enzymatic concept of anaphylaxis and allergy, with the role of hormones in anaphylaxis, and with the place of the eosinophil in hypersensitivity and hormonal influence. The author believes that the anaphylactic or allergic reaction is produced as follows: The antigen produces a toxic proteolysis; the proteoses thus liberated activate nonspecific proteinases; a chaotic proteolysis of the...