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PARTICULARLY in septicæmia conditions affecting man, the importance of ” alexine” (Bordet) or ” complement” (Ehrlich) in immune processes, although (so far) inexactly defined in scope, is becoming very generally recognised1, 2. Frequent attempts to analyse and define this substance, generally by chemical means, have resulted in the recognition of at least four components or ” end” and ” middle-pieces”3, 4.
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MARSH, F. Ascorbic Acid as a Precursor of Serum Complement. Nature 137, 618–619 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137618b0
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