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THE recent communication by Wentzel, Sterne and Polson1 makes it desirable to record some supplementary observations made in the chemical investigation of a number of toxins, especially that produced by Clostridium botulinum Type A. In the present experiments, the toxicity was determined by intraperitoneal injection into white mice of 20 gm. weight.
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Wentzel, Sterne and Polson, Nature, 166, 739 (1950).
Abrams, Kegeles and Hottle, J. Biol. Chem., 164, 63 (1946).
Lamanna, Eklund and McElroy, J. Bact., 52, 1 (1946).
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LITTAUER, U. Observations on the Type A Toxin of Clostridium botulinum. Nature 167, 994–995 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167994b0
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