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...eight years ago most U.S. doctors paid little attention to arthritis. Typical treatments included injection of streptococcic and typhoid vaccines, dietary fads, bee venom serum, manipulation of gnarled hands and joints. Such treatments have now been largely discarded. More important, several different forms of arthritis have been clearly distinguished, each with its special therapy. Three recently developed blood tests also indicate what sort of arthritis a patient...
...Caltech biochemists think their discovery proves that immunization is a molecular phenomenon. In the blood stream of animals are large protein molecules called serum blobulin. If a bacterium, virus, venom molecule or other "antigen" is near the point where these molecules are formed, the adaptable molecules change their shape and assume structures complementary to those of the antigen, so that they can combine with them and neutralize them. After the infection has been overcome, these changed protein molecules remain in the blood as antibodies, ready to attack any reappearing enemies. Hence immunity...
Oscar Stauffer, 21 years younger than Arthur Capper, is a tolerant critic of Roosevelt's foreign policy. But Arthur Capper blankets northeast and central Kansas with isolationist sentiments equaled in venom only by the Chicago Tribune...
Suppose a farmer is stung by a bee. He suffers only a temporary, curseworthy discomfort, forgets it. His blood cells manufacture antibodies against the bee venom. But instead of being turned loose, as they normally should, they may remain attached. The victim is then sensitized instead of protected from bee sting. Six months later he may be stung again. He faints, dies. This is allergic shock...
With his law of similars, and his minuscule doses, homeopaths claim that Hahnemann anticipated the principle of vaccination. Some of his remedies, such as snake venom for control of hemorrhage, are still...