Experiments upon the influence of the mineral constituents of the body upon immunity from infective diseases / by T. Lauder Brunton and T.J. Bokenham.

  • Brunton, Thomas Lauder, Sir, 1844-1916.
Date:
1891
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Credit: Experiments upon the influence of the mineral constituents of the body upon immunity from infective diseases / by T. Lauder Brunton and T.J. Bokenham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    may be due either to a positive action of the potash itself or its having tended to cause elimination of other bases, such as sodium or calcium. We think it is just possible that if the food of Fodor’s animals happened to contain a large pro- portion of potash salts, the comparative immunity produced in them by the injection of soda might be due, not to any positive action of the soda, but simply to its tending to displace a certain proportion of potassium from the body. Our experiments upon the action of calcium, magnesium, and aluminium are now in progress, and we hope shortly to communicate the results of them. Haeeison & Sons, Printers in Ordinary to His late Majesty, St. Martin’s Lane.