Principles of Immunology  (English, Paperback, Howard Thomas Karsner)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1921 Original Publisher: J. B. Lippincott company Subjects: Immunity Medical / Immunology Medical / Microbiology Science / Life Sciences / Biology / Microbiology Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III THE GENERAL PHENOMENA OF IMMUNITY TYPES OF IMMUNITY. NATURAL IMMUNITY. SPECIES. RACIAL. FAMILY. INDIVIDUAL. INHERITED IMMUNITY. ACQUIRED IMMUNITY. NATURALLY ACQUIRED. ARTIFICIALLY ACQUIRED. ACTIVE ARTIFICIALLY ACQUIRED. INOCULATION OF LIVING VIRUS IN HEALTH. USE OF ATTENUATED VIRUS. USE OF DEAD BACTERIA. USE OF BACTERIAL PRODUCTS. PASSIVE ARTIFICIALLY ACQUIRED. THEORIES OF THE NATURE OF IMMUNITY. THE EHRLICH SIDE-CHAIN THEORY. THE EHRLICH CLASSIFICATION OF IMMUNE BODIES. CRITICISM OF THE EHRLICH HYPOTHESIS. THE SPECIFICITY OF IMMUNE REACTIONS. NON-SPECIFIC THERAPY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. THE SITE OF ANTIBODY FORMATION. PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES AT SITE OF INJECTION. Types of Immunity. -- Resistance to disease may be natural or acquired. If natural it may be of a species, race, family, or individual character. If acquired it may be naturally acquired, as seen in the immunity following an attack of infectious disease, or it may be artificially acquired. If artificially acquired it may be the result of active immunization or of passive immunization. Artificially acquired active immunity is such as may follow the injection of various antigens, such as toxins, bacteria, and numerous other substances. Artificially acquired passive immunity is the result of transfer of active immunity from an immune animal to a normal animal, which latter becomes passively immunized. Natural Immunity. -- Alth...