Handbuch der pathogenen Mikroorganismen. Von W. Kolle, R. Kraus, und P. Uhlenhuth. Lieferung 15. Band II. Biochemie der Antigene und Antikörper. Von Prof. Dr. E. P. Pick, und Prof. Dr. F. Silberstein. Toxine und Antitoxine. Von Dr. L. E. Walbum. Hämotoxine und Antihämotoxine der Bakterien. Von Prof. Dr. E. Přibram. Ueber Toxine und Antitoxine der Vibrionen. Ueber Avidität der Antitoxine. Von Prof. Dr. R. Kraus. Bakterienaggressine. Von Prof. Dr. O. Bail. Third edition. Paper. Price, 25 marks. Pp. 317-662, with 19 illustrations. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1928.
These sections contain discussions of the pathogenic yeasts, the sporotricha, diphtheria, the bichemistry of antigens and antibodies, toxins and antitoxins, bacterial hemotoxins and antihemotoxins, the toxins and antitoxins of the vibrios, and the so-called bacterial aggressins. Several of the articles are entirely new and all of them have been brought down to date. Pick and Silberstein's treatment of the biochemistry of antigens is especially