CHAPTER V

RESORPTION OF ALBUMINOID FLUIDS 106 Resorption of albuminoid substances.—The precipitins of blood serum which appear as a result of the absorption of serums and of milk.—Absorption of gelatine.—Leucocytic origin of the ferment which digests gelatine.—Anti-enzymes.—Antirennet.—The anticytotoxins.—Antihaemotoxic serums.—Their two constituent parts: anticytase and antifixative.—Action of anticytase.—The antispermotoxins.—Origin of anticytotoxins.—Ehrlich’s theory on this question.—Origin of antihaemotoxin.—Origin of antispermotoxin.—Production of this antibody by castrated males.—The antispermofixative produced when the spermatozoa are excluded.—Distribution of spermotoxin and antispermotoxin in the organism.