AT THE turn of this century the medical profession had entered into a period of therapeutic nihilism, at least so far as its leaders were concerned. The teachings of Weir Mitchell 1 had laid ...

1 Division of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Otto Loewi Research Center for Vascular Biology, Immunology and Inflammation, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria 2 Vetsuisse Faculty, University of ...