Immunological Studies on Scorpions

[摘要] These investigations on scorpions constitute a further contribution to the experimental studies carried out by one of us (Grasset and Zoutendyk, 1931; Grasset, 1931) on the immunity of the lower vertebrata, such as reptiles, compared with mammals.The following immunological aspects were investigated: 1. 1. Susceptibility of scorpions to bacterial toxins such as tetanus, diphtheria, dysentery, and the persistence of the toxin in the system of the scorpion.2. 2. The immunity response of scorpions to bacterial toxins and toxoids and to bacterial somatic antigens.3. 3. Susceptibility of scorpions to homologous and heterologous scorpion venoms, and to a variety of snake venoms.The bulk of these investigations have been done on the 3 most common genera of South African scorpions: Hadogenes, Opisthophthalmus and Parabuthus , the venoms of which have made the subject of previous investigations by the authors (Grasset, Schaafsma and Hodgson, 1945). For zoological taxonomy see Hewitt (1918) and Lawrence (1942).

[学科分类] 生物科学（综合）