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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Aronson, Stanley M.,; Bezer, Ada E.,; Blunt, J. W.,; Cardona-Lynch, Eugenia,; Dannenberg, Arthur M.,; Ehrich, William E.,; Engel, Frank L.,; Epstein, Wallace,; Fischel, Edward E.,; Fonseca, James R. C.,; Harvey, A. McGehee,; Hollander, David H.,; Jessar, Ralph A.,; Kabat, Elvin A.,; Kass, Edward H.,; Lattes, Raffael,; Lurie, Max B.,; Ragan, Charles,; Seifter, Joseph,; Shwartzman, Gregory,; Stoerk, Herbert C.,; Thomas, Lewis,; Turner, Thomas B.,; Umbreit, W. W.,; Vaillancourt, de Guise,; Wolf, Abner,; Zappasodi, Peter,
• HerausgeberIn: Shwartzman, Gregory,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1953]; ©1953
• Year of Publication: 1953
• Language: English
• Series: Symposia of the Section on Microbiology. The New York Academy of Medicine ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword --; Contents --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Some General Considerations Concerning The Role Of The Adrenal Cortex In Intermediary Metabolism --; 3. The Influence Of Adrenalectomy And Cortisone Treatment On Certain Enzymatic Reactions In The Rat --; 4. The Effect Of Corticosteroids Upon Lymphoid Tissue --; 5. The Effect Of Cortisone Upon Repair Processes In Dense And Loose Connective Tissue --; 6. Adrenal Hormones And The Development Of Antibody And Hypersensitivity --; 7. Depression By Cortisone Of Inherited And Acquired Resistance To Infection And To Tumor Grafting --; 8. Constitutional Factors In Resistance To Infection; The Effect Of Cortisone On The Pathogenesis Of Tuberculosis --; 9. Studies On The Mechanism Of Action Of Cortisone In Experimental Syphilis --; 10. The Effect Of Cortisone In Activating Latent Trypanosomiasis In Rhesus Monkeys --; 11. The Effect Of Acth And Cortisone Upon Allergic Diseases --; 12. The Effects Of Cortisone On Bacterial Infection And Intoxication --; 13. Observations On Adrenal Cortical Hormones In Pneumococcal And Influenza Viral Infections And In Malaria --; 14. Alteration Of Experimental Poliomyelitis By Means Of Cortisone With Reference To Other Viruses
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231893541; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/shwa93406
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Gregory Shwartzman.

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