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Excerpt from Applied Immunology: The Practical Application of Sera and Bacterins Prophylactically, Diagnostically and Therapeutically Despite the enormous strides, experimentally end clinically, that hare marked the progress in serological and bacteriological research in medicine for the past quarter of a century, leading to results of the highest clinical value diagnostically and therapeutically, three facts stand out in bold relief: First, that the average practitioners knowledge of biological therapeusis is a "dangerous thing" because he does not "drink deep of the Pierian spring"; second, insufficient practical instruction given to students in our medical schools in view of the prevalent practice of this mode of diagnosis and treatment; third, authors have sadly neglected to give a concise presentation of immunology in its entirety for the practice grasp and comprehension of students and practitioners. The vast majority of standard works on the subject of "immunity" are exhaustive treatises on the experimental and theoretical phases of the subject and are often unintelligible and of little value to the average practicing physician. The result of the above has been that pharmaceutical firms have assumed the function of the Department of Therapeutics in our medical colleges, not always impartially and to the best interests of medical science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Immunology is a fast evolving subject, and attempt has been made in this work to keep it as much up-to-date as possible according to the requirement of the students and researchers in the field. Immunology is the study of how the body defends itself against disease. It helps us understand how the immune system is tricked into attacking its own tissue, leading to diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes or allergy. Immunodeficiency disorders involve malfunction of the immune system, resulting in infections that develop and recur more frequently, are more severe, and last longer than usual. Biochemistry is the study of how cells work at molecular level. Biochemistry, and the related field of molecular biology, are important in understanding the molecular basis of life and its role in the disease process. Biochemistry is the investigation of the molecular basis of life. Throughout the history of this scientific discipline, biochemists have worked to reveal the fundamental chemical and physical principles that underlie living processes, their success is demonstrated in the enormous impact that the biochemical approach has had on the life sciences. This book reviews the principles of immunology and biochemistry, provides basic concepts of it by extracting the important information on immunology and peasants it in a concise, uncluttered fashion to prepare students for their courses.

The field of immunology has grown extensively during the past decadeo The basic concepts and importance of these findings may have clinical application in the management, detection, and ex planation of human diseases. Therefore, when a topic was to be chosen for the dedication of the new Metropol itan Medical Center, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, immunology, and its relation to medi cine, was selected. In fact, "applied immunology has had great impact on all aspects of medical practice. This impact has taken several forms: modern immunology has defined areaS of new medical practice (in the immunodeficiency disease, for example); has lent strength to the development of other areaS (such as transplantation and tumor immunology); has provided understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis of certain diseases; has provided investigative ap proaches in laboratory methods for the study of diseases; and may playa major role in diagnosis of treatment and cancer" (Lancet, April 19, 1976). The purpose of this symposium was to bring to the practicing phy sician the current "state of the art" of immunological research in an interesting and comprehensible manner. It waS our hope that practic ing physicians would be updated regarding new aspects of basic and clinical concepts of cellular immunology.