Diphtheria in Glasgow 1934–42

Diphtheria

Gentlemen,?I have occasionally heard a man, about to read a paper upon some subject, commence by expressing his sense of his unfitness for the task he has undertaken. I have, I must confess, looked upon this appeal, ad misericordiam, with much suspicion, believing the writer, did he not in his own heart believe himself particularly well-fitted for the work, would not have undertaken it. To-day,...

Silica research in Glasgow

The Glasgow group is involved in the construction of the GEO600 interferometer as well as in R&D activity on technology for advanced gravitational wave detectors. GEO600 will be the first GW detector using quasimonolithic silica suspensions in order to decrease thermal noise significantly with respect to steel wire suspensions. The results concerning GEO600 suspension mounting and performance w...

Diarrhoeal Diseases in Glasgow.

Interest in diarrhoeal disease was intensified following the appointment of a subcommittee on enteritis in infancy by the Preventive Medicine Committee of the Medical Research Council. I am indebted to Dr. A. S. M. Macgregor, a member of the committee, for the suggestion to compile this review of the prevalence of the diarrhoeal diseases in Glasgow, with special reference to non-specific enteri...

Diphtheria

OPTIMIZATION OF DIPHTHERIA TOXOID PRECIPITATION BY USING SATURATED AMMONIUM SULPHATE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE DIPHTHERIA VACCINE

سابقه و هدف: کورینه باکتریوم دیفتریه باکتری هوازی و بی­هوازی اختیاری است. مهم­ترین گونه از خانواده کورینه ‌باکتریاها، عامل بیماری دیفتری است که به ­وسیله توکسین خود، بیماری دیفتری را ایجاد می­کند. آمونیم ­سولفات نمکی معدنی است که از آن برای ترسیب و خالص­سازی پروتئین ها استفاده می­شود که با افزایش مقدار نمک حلالیت پروتئینی کم شده و پروتئین ­ها به­ واسطه قطعه­ های هیدروفوب خود، به­هم پیوسته و رسو...