“…Although the method described here em ploys the same five variables: ethanol, pro tein concentrations, ionic strength, pH and temperature, as those described previously by others [Cohn et al, 1946;Deutsch et al, 1946;Oncley et al, 1949;Nitschmann et al, 1954;Kistler and Nitschmann, 1962], it dif fers greatly from the classical methods by the immediate separation of the most solu ble protein fraction containing albumin and cq-acid glycoprotein from the rest of the pro teins in the first step. The resulting 42% P precipitate has proved to be an equally ade quate starting material for the recovery of ISG, but its composition is cruder when compared with Cohn fraction II + III or precipitate A by Kistler and Nitschmann's procedure.…”