03269nam 2200697Ia 450 991101939640332120200520144314.09786613620484978128059065812805906539780470719800047071980X97804707174550470717459(CKB)1000000000688017(EBL)703822(OCoLC)775868341(SSID)ssj0000715279(PQKBManifestationID)11454826(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000715279(PQKBWorkID)10700483(PQKB)10713498(MiAaPQ)EBC703822(Perlego)2766843(EXLCZ)99100000000068801720720612d1971 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPyrogens and fever /edited by G. E. W. Wolstenholme and Joan BirchEdinburgh Churchill Livingstone19711 online resource (248 p.)Novartis Foundation Symposia"A Ciba Foundation symposium."9780470662854 0470662859 9780700015047 0700015043 Includes bibliographical references and index.PYROGENS AND FEVER; Contents; Note on terminology; Chairman's opening remarks; Some physiological and clinical aspects of pyrogens; Discussion; Production, chemistry and properties of bacterial pyrogens and endotoxins; Discussion; The significant immunological features of bacterial endotoxins; Discussion; Purification of an endogenous pyrogen, with an appendix on assay methods; Discussion; Role of leucocytes in fever; Discussion; Mechanism of action of pyrogenic and antipyretic steroids in vitro; Discussion; On the mechanism of action of pyrogens; DiscussionHypothalamic mechanisms of pyrogen action in the cat and monkeyDiscussion; Relevance of experimental observations to pyrexia in clinical situations; Discussion; The mechanism of action of antipyretics; Discussion; Pharmaceutical aspects of pyrogens in hospital and industry; Discussion; The dilemma of quantitation in the test for pyrogens; Discussion; General discussion; Author index; Subject indexThe Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world. Novartis Foundation SymposiaPyrogensCongressesFeverCongressesPyrogensFever616.9/26/014Wolstenholme G. E. W(Gordon Ethelbert Ward)63039Birch Joan896374Ciba Foundation.Symposium on Pyrogens and FeverMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911019396403321Pyrogens and fever2002563UNINA