The word opsonin is derived from a Greek root which means "to prepare the feast."
"The Pros and Cons of Vivisection"
Charles Richet Commentator: W. D. Halliburton
In the case of diphtheria, the antitoxin appears to be more efficacious than an opsonin.
"The Pros and Cons of Vivisection"
Charles Richet Commentator: W. D. Halliburton
It is just these 'messy things' that nature uses for curing infectious diseases, and the introduction of an opsonin or an antitoxin is not putting matter in its wrong place, but in its right place; and therefore the use of the terms filth and dirt in this relationship should be confined either to the foul-mouthed or to the ignorant.
"The Pros and Cons of Vivisection"
Charles Richet Commentator: W. D. Halliburton