It is now well proven that the injury is done, not by the bacilli themselves but by the toxines which they secrete or excrete.
In just the same way the toxines produced by the bacilli at length stop their further multiplication and put an end to the disease.
One form of toxines is produced by the bacteria as a sort of secretion, and is formed both in the body and when the bacteria are growing in cultures.
This mode of defence, which is probably combined with the production of substances antagonistic to the toxines produced by the bacilli, is so efficacious that in the great majority of cases no further extension of the process takes place.
Bacteria cause disease by producing substances called toxines which are poisonous to the cells, and of which two sorts are distinguished.
The toxinesand the endotoxines are of an albuminous nature, and act only when they come in contact with the living cells within the body.
How susceptible the brain is to the effects of the toxines of the infectious diseases is shown in the frequency of delirium in these diseases.
Regarding the antidotal power of bile on the toxines of disease, Professor Fraser found that the bile of venomous serpents had more antidotal power than that of the majority of the other animals examined.
Another order of recent researches is that made into the toxines produced by fatigue; Weichardt succeeded in isolating these toxines, and in fabricating anti-toxines with which he experimented successfully on rats.
These minute organisms, once introduced within the body, tend to increase in number at an amazing rate, feeding on the blood and tissues, and giving off substances called toxines which in some cases are of highly poisonous character.
To overcome their effect inoculation of anti-toxines is practiced.
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