Clarification of hog cholera defibrinated blood antitoxin

The factors governing the reaction between chloroform and hemoglobin by which the hemoglobin of the blood may be precipitated were studied, and a process, based upon this reaction, for the separation of a clear sterile serum from old defibrinated blood antitoxin was devised. It is shown that the yield of clear serum separated by this process approximates 70% of the original volume and that the product of the process is free from bacterial contamination. While it is shown by analysis that the globulin content of the serum suffers a slight loss, when the serum is treated by this process, potency tests indicate that the loss in antibodies that occurs during clarification may be disregarded.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Applied Chemistry

Department dc:contributor.department

Applied Chemistry

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute

Year dc:date.issued

1922

Author dc:creator

• Henley, Robert R.

Statement dc:rights

• Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64066

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/64066