Colloids in Medicine
Authors: Ross Aiken Gortner
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1930)

Article1 July 1930Colloids in MedicineROSS AIKEN GORTNERROSS AIKEN GORTNERSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-1-14 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptColloid chemistry has been defined as "the chemistry of the infinitely little." It can perhaps be better defined as the chemistry of films, surfaces, and interfaces, for the peculiar energies which are available for the reactions of colloid chemistry are those energies which are characteristic of surfaces and interfaces.For purposes of classification it has been rather generally agreed that particles which range from 1.0 mµ to 0.5 mµ lie within the colloid realm, and the reactions which such systems show can in the last analysis be traced to reactions which are induced by a decrease in the free energy...References1 GUILLAINLAROCHELECHELLE GGP: La réaction de précipitation du benjoin colloïdal avec les liquides céphalo-rachidiens des syphilitiques nerveux. Prog. méd., 47:518-519 (1920). Google Scholar2 GUILLAINLAROCHELECHELLE GGP: Les courbes de la réaction du benjoin colloïdal avec les liquides céphalo-rachidiens des syphilitiques. Compt. rend. soc. biol., 83:1518-1520 (1920). Google Scholar3 WRIGHTKERMACK HDWO: The Mechanism of Precipitation of Colloidal Gum Benzoin by Cerebrospinal Fluid. Biochem. J., 17:658-667 (1923). CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4 BALCARSANSUMWOODYATT JOWDRT : Fever and the Water Reserve of the Body. Arch. Internal Med., 24:116-128 (1919). CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 NEWTON R : A Comparative Study of Winter Wheat Varieties with Especial Reference to Winter-Killing. J. Agr. Sci., 12:1-19 (1922). CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 NEWTONGORTNER RRA: A Method for Estimating the Hydrophilic Colloid Content of Expressed Plant Tissue Fluids. Bot. Gaz., 74:442-446 (1922). CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 NEWTON R: The Nature and Practical Measurement of Frost Resistance in Winter Wheat. University of Alberta, College of Agriculture, Research Bull. No. 1, 53 pp. (1923). Google Scholar8 NEWTON R: Colloidal Properties of Winter Wheat Plants in Relation to Frost Resistance. J. Agr. Sci., 14:178-191 (1924). CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 GORTNER RA: Adsorption and Vital Phenomena. Mayo Foundation Lectures on Biologic Aspects of Colloidal and Physiologic Chemistry, pp. 133-164, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia (1927). Google Scholar10 THOENES F: Untersuchungen zur Frage der Wasserbindung in kolloiden und tierischen Geweben. Biochem. Z., 157: 174-186 (1925). Google Scholar11 ROBINSON W: Water Binding Capacity of Colloids, a Definite Factor in Winter Hardiness of Insects. J. Econ. Entom., 20:80-88 (1927). CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 ROBINSON W: Relation of Hydrophilic Colloids to Winter Hardiness of Insects. Colloid Symposium Monograph, Vol. V, pp. 199-218 (1928). Google Scholar13 ROBINSON W: Response and Adaptation of Insects to External Stimuli. Ann. Entomological Soc. of Am., 21:407-417 (1928). CrossrefGoogle Scholar14 ROBINSON W : Water Conservation in Insects. J. Econ. Entom., 21:897-902 (1928). CrossrefGoogle Scholar15 ROBINSON : Private communication. Google Scholar16 Joint Recommendations of the Physiological and Biochemical Committees on Protein Nomenclature. J. Biol. Chem., 4:xlviii-li (1908). Google Scholar17 SÖRENSEN SP : Studies on the Proteins. Compt. rend. trav. lab. Carlsberg, Vol. XII, 372 pp. (1917). Google Scholar18 GORTNERHOFFMANSINCLAIR RAWFWB: Physico-Chemical Studies on Proteins. III. Proteins and the Lyotropic Series. Colloid Symposium Monograph, Vol. V, pp. 179-198 (1928); cf. also Koll. Z., 44:97-108 (1928). Google Scholar19 STAKER EV: A Comparative Study of the Peptization of the Protein Complex in Various Seeds and Grains. A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (1929). Google Scholar20 ABDERHALDENKOMM EE: Über die Anhydridstruktur der Proteine. Z. physiol. Chem., 139:181-204 (1924). CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Biochemistry in the University of Minnesota St. Paul, Minn.*Read at the Minneapolis Meeting of the American College of Physicians, February 10, 1930. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 July 1930Volume 4, Issue 1Page: 14-20 ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1930 PDF downloadLoading ...