The Effect of Acth and Cortisone Upon Infection and Resistance / Gregory Shwartzman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shwartzman, Gregory, Editor.

Series:

Symposia of the Section on Microbiology. The New York Academy of Medicine ; 6

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1953]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Outlines the effects of cortisone upon infections such as syphilis and tuberculosis, and the factors that contribute to infection resistance in the human body.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Contents

1. Introduction / Shwartzman, Gregory

2. Some General Considerations Concerning The Role Of The Adrenal Cortex In Intermediary Metabolism / Engel, Frank L.

3. The Influence Of Adrenalectomy And Cortisone Treatment On Certain Enzymatic Reactions In The Rat / Umbreit, W. W.

4. The Effect Of Corticosteroids Upon Lymphoid Tissue / Ehrich, William E. / Seifter, Joseph

5. The Effect Of Cortisone Upon Repair Processes In Dense And Loose Connective Tissue / Ragan, Charles / Lattes, Raffael / Blunt, J. W. / Vaillancourt, de Guise / Jessar, Ralph A. / Epstein, Wallace

6. Adrenal Hormones And The Development Of Antibody And Hypersensitivity / Fischel, Edward E.

7. Depression By Cortisone Of Inherited And Acquired Resistance To Infection And To Tumor Grafting / Stoerk, Herbert C.

8. Constitutional Factors In Resistance To Infection; The Effect Of Cortisone On The Pathogenesis Of Tuberculosis / Lurie, Max B. / Zappasodi, Peter / Dannenberg, Arthur M. / Cardona-Lynch, Eugenia

9. Studies On The Mechanism Of Action Of Cortisone In Experimental Syphilis / Turner, Thomas B. / Hollander, David H.

10. The Effect Of Cortisone In Activating Latent Trypanosomiasis In Rhesus Monkeys / Wolf, Abner / Kabat, Elvin A. / Bezer, Ada E. / Fonseca, James R. C.

11. The Effect Of Acth And Cortisone Upon Allergic Diseases / Harvey, A. McGehee

12. The Effects Of Cortisone On Bacterial Infection And Intoxication / Thomas, Lewis

13. Observations On Adrenal Cortical Hormones In Pneumococcal And Influenza Viral Infections And In Malaria / Kass, Edward H.

14. Alteration Of Experimental Poliomyelitis By Means Of Cortisone With Reference To Other Viruses / Shwartzman, Gregory / Aronson, Stanley M.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89354-X

OCLC:

1100454953