The nature of leucocytosis produced by nucleinic acid : a preliminary experimental study / by Delano Ames and A. A. Huntley.

  • Ames, Delano, 1906-1987.
Date:
1897
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    THE NATURE OF THE LEUCOOYTOSIS PRODUCED BY NUCLEINIC ACID; A PRELIMINARY EXPERIMEN- TAL STUDY. BY DELANO AMES, A.B., M.D. and A. A. HUNTLEY, M.D. Within the past two or three years there has come into gradual prominence a system of therapeutics known popularly as nuclein therapy, which is attract- ing more and more attention and receiving a growing recognition at the hands of the medical profession. The use of nuclein was first advocated on purely theoretic grounds, it being claimed that by its use the germicidal power of the blood could be increased and hence the resistance to diseases of germ origin height- ened. Of late, however, certain writers have denied that nuclein acts as it was supposed to, and in conse- quence, its use being founded on a false conception of its powers, have claimed that it was not beneficial. The application of nuclein to the treatment of cer- tain diseases, especially to certain of the infectious processes, seems to be attended with beneficial results, though the observations are as yet too few and too incomplete to be of much value. Such as they are, however, they tend to confirm the views on which its use was first advocated and should be taken for what they are worth. In order to fully comprehend the point at issue, it will be well to briefly review the various steps that have led to the discovery and use of this interesting substance. Ever since the announcement of the fact that nor-