The Titre of Complement in a Sample of Hospital Population in Calcutta
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are summarized below. It was felt, however, that the estimation of complement without the determination of the hemolysin present in the serum would give fallacious results and therefore haemolysin present in each sample of serum was estimated. Technique.?Three to four cubic centimetres of blood were drawn from the ante-cubital vein and kept in the incubator for 30 minutes, then left in ice-chest for three to four hours. The
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