Ciba Foundation Symposium - Pyrogens and Fever

Copyright © 1971 Ciba Foundation

Ciba Foundation Symposium - Pyrogens and Fever

Editor(s): G. E. W. Wolstenholme, Joan Birch

Published Online: 30 MAY 2008

Print ISBN: 9780700015047

Online ISBN: 9780470719800

DOI: 10.1002/9780470719800

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Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xi)

    2. Chairman's Opening Remarks (pages 1–3)

      Sir George Pickering

    3. Chapter 1

      Some Physiological and Clinical Aspects of Pyrogens (pages 5–21)

      K. E. Cooper

    4. Chapter 2

      Production, Chemistry and Properties of Bacterial Pyrogens and Endotoxins (pages 23–47)

      Elizabeth Work

    5. Chapter 3

      The Significant Immunological Features of Bacterial Endotoxins (pages 49–57)

      Maurice Landy

    6. Chapter 4

      Purification of an Endogenous Pyrogen, with an Appendix on Assay Methods (pages 59–79)

      P. A. Murphy, P.J. Chesney and W. B. Wood

    7. Chapter 5

      Role of Leucocytes in Fever (pages 81–100)

      Elisha Atkins and Phyllis T. Bodel

    8. Chapter 6

      Mechanism of Action of Pyrogenic and Antipyretic Steroids in vitro (pages 101–113)

      Philip K. Bondy and Phyllis T. Bodel

    9. Chapter 7

      On the Mechanism of Action of Pyrogens (pages 115–129)

      W. Feldberg

    10. Chapter 8

      Hypothalamic Mechanisms of Pyrogen Action in the Cat and Monkey (pages 131–153)

      R. D. Myers

    11. Chapter 9

      Relevance of Experimental Observations to Pyrexia in Clinical Situations (pages 155–174)

      W. I. Cranston, M. D. Rawlins, R. H. Luff and G. W. Duff

    12. Chapter 10

      The Mechanism of Action of Antipyretics (pages 175–191)

      M. D. Rawlins, C. Rosendorff and W. I. Cranston

    13. Chapter 11

      Pharmaceutical Aspects of Pyrogens in Hospital and Industry (pages 193–205)

      C. H. R. Palmer

    14. Chapter 12

      The Dilemma of Quantitation in the Test for Pyrogens (pages 207–214)

      D. R. Bangham

    15. Chapter 12

      General Discussion (pages 215–224)

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      Index of Authors (page 225)

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      Index of Subjects (pages 227–232)

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