The Sero-Diagnosis of Syphilis
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in vitro. This hemolytic antiserum if it be lleated to 56?C. for half an hour will lose its power of dissolving the erythrocytes, because its complement has been destroyed by the heat; it will, however, regain its power if to it be added some fresh guinea-pig8' serum. The complement of the guinea-pigs' serum supplies the want caused by the heating piocess?reactivates the inactivated antiserum, whose lneinolytic antibody for the erythrocytes has remained unimpaired, but is power-
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