Antitoxin, the name for substances present in the blood of an animal which have the effect of neutralising the action of bacterial poisons (toxins). As in the case of toxins, so with antitoxins—their chemical nature is not definitely known. See the articles BACTERIA, CONSUMPTION, DIPHTHERIA, GERM (GERM THEORY), PTOMAINA, PYÆMIA, and TUBERCLE.
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