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| Introduction | iii |
| PART I. |
| GENERALITIES REGARDING TOXINS AND ANTITOXINS. |
| CHAPTER I. |
| Alkaloidal Toxins, Ptomaines, and Leucomaines. |
| Alkaloidal products of cellular life | 1 |
| Ptomaines | 4 |
| Physiological action | 5 |
| Extraction | 5 |
| Classification, etc. | 7 |
| Leucomaines | 10 |
| Xanthic leucomaines | 12 |
| Creatinic leucomaines | 13 |
| Neurinic leucomaines | 13 |
| Indeterminate leucomaines | 14 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| Toxins and Antitoxins. |
| Toxins | 15 |
| Action of pathogenic bacteria | 16 |
| Action of toxins | 17 |
| Nature of toxins | 18 |
| Origin of toxins | 20 |
| Autointoxications | 21 |
| General mode of action | 23 |
| Constitution of toxins; Ehrlich's theory | 24 |
| Means of defense possessed by the organism against the action of toxins | 28 |
| Pasteur's vaccination method | 30 |
| Virus action | 30 |
| Phagocytosis | 32 |
| Antitoxins | 33 |
| Mode of action | 35 |
| Formation; Ehrlich's theory | 38 |
| Serotherapy | 41 |
| PART II. |
| THE TOXINS PROPER. |
| CHAPTER III. |
| I. Vegetable and Animal Toxins. | 42 |
| Abrin | 42 |
| Ricin | 44 |
| Robin | 45 |
| Toxicity of the vegetable diastases | 45 |
| II. Toxins from Mushrooms | 46 |
| Phalline | 48 |
| Symptomatology | 49 |
| Antidiastases | 51 |
| III. Animal Toxins | 53 |
| “Peptotoxin” | 53 |
| Alimentary Intoxications | 55 |
| Urinary toxins | 57 |
| Variation of urinary toxicity | 59 |
| Autointoxications (animal) | 60 |
| Glandular secretions | 62 |
| Suprarenal capsules | 63 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| The Microbial Toxins. |
| Pyogenic and pyretogenic properties | 66 |
| Anthrax toxin | 67 |
| Tubercular toxin | 69 |
| Diphtheria toxin | 71 |
| Tetanus toxin | 76 |
| Mallein | 79 |
| Typhoid toxin | 80 |
| Cholera toxin | 82 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| The Venoms. |
| General nature of venoms | 85 |
| Venomous serpents | 87 |
| Nature of serpent-venoms | 88 |
| Natural immunity towards serpent-venoms | 90 |
| Artificial immunity towards serpent venoms | 91 |
| Venoms of batrachians and saurians | 92 |
| Fish-poisons | 95 |
| Poisons of the hymenoptera | 96 |
| Poisons of scorpions | 97 |
| Poisonous blood and serums | 98 |
| Poisonous meats | 100 |