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On the Loss in Potency of Diphtheria Antitoxin when kept at 36°C

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Alfred MacConkey
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(Lister Institute, Elstree, Herts.)
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Numerouspapers have been published on the effect of heat on diphtheria antitoxin, but there appears to be no record of a series of observations carried out at a temperature nearly that of the human body. The object of this note is to fill in this slight gap in our knowledge.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1912

References

Anderson, , John, F. (1910). The influence of age and temperature on the potency of diphtheria antitoxin. Bull. No. 66, Hyg. Lab. U.S. Pub. Health and Mar.—Hosp. Serv. Wash. pp. 926.Google Scholar