Health by Sickness: The Problem of Immunity.
Abstract
This book is devoted to the problems of the reaction of the organism to the administration of antigens of whatever derivation. The chemical aspects of the mechanisms of the reactions concerned are stressed. Throughout, military comparisons of attack and defense are emphasized rather excessively and perhaps not always very felicitously. The various aspects of immunity are discussed quite thoroughly, as are its relation to allergy and the clinical implications. The limitations of...