The Globulin Opacity Test for Kala-Azar
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One part of serum is mixed with six parts of / distilled water when a turbidity forms. The precipitated globulin, after being uniformly mixed with the diluted serum, is poured into a graduated cylinder, the diameter of which is 1 inch. On looking through the height of the fluid containing the precipitated globulin over some black spots fixed to the bottom of the cylinder and adding more and more of the fluid till the spots become just invisible, a point is reached which gives an esti-
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