A long time ago, my teacher Michael Heidelberger described the study of com plement as a black art. Since then, the introduction of chemical methods has opened the way to precise and objective investigation of the complement system, transmuting alchemy to science. The individual components of complement have been isolated in reasonably pure form, their intricate interactions have been unraveled, and their manifold activities as mediators of immunity and allergy have been delineated. These advances derive from the efforts of numerous investi gators in many countries and were facilitated...
A long time ago, my teacher Michael Heidelberger described the study of com plement as a black art. Since then, the introduction of chemical methods h...
