Anaphylaxis-Like Reactions Produced by Ascaris Extracts

Studies on Signs of Antigen‐antibody Reaction in Blood and Serum From Allergic Subjects

“…Such changes in the blood have been observed both in experimental tests on animals and in certain allergic reactions in man (1,2,3). During recent years, various studies indicate that these phenomena are due in part to a diversion of the white corpuscular elements to lungs and liver and in part to a destruction of these cells (4,5). Both in medicamental allergy and in connection with the subcutaneous administration of, for instance, staphylococcus vaccine (bacterial allergy), a decrease in the number of thrombocytes in the peripheral blood can be proved (6,7).…”