Ciba Foundation Symposium "The Thymus" experimental and clinical studies : in honour of Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Content: Chapter 1 Chairman's Opening Remarks (pages 1–2): Sir Macfarlane Burnet Chapter 2 Cytological Evidences of Secretion in the Thymus (pages 3–39): Sam L. Clark Chapter 3 Embryogenesis of Immune Systems (pages 39–57): Robert Auerbach Chapter 4 The Origin and Function of Lymphocytes (pages 58–85): W. L. Ford, J. L. Gowans and P. J. McCullagh Chapter 5 Differentiation and Immunological Competence of Cloned Cell Populations of Lymphoid Origin (pages 86–104): Michael Feldman and Tamar Mekori Chapter 6 The Thymus in Relation to Immunological Tolerance (pages 105–130): G. J. V. Nossal and Judith Mitchell Chapter 7 Traffic of Lymphoid Cells in the Body (pages 131–152): C. E. Ford Chapter 8 The Thymus in Relation to the Development of Immunological Capacity (pages 153–180): J. F. A. P. Miller Chapter 9 The Development of the Central and Peripheral Lymphoid Tissue: Ontogenetic and Phylogenetic Considerations (pages 181–213): R. A. Good, Ann E. Gabrielsen, R. D. A. Peterson, Joanne Finstad and M. D. Cooper Chapter 10 The Function of the Thymus in Tumour Production by Polyoma Virus (pages 214–241): L. W. Law, R. C. Ting and Eva Leckband Chapter 11 The Nature and Regulation of Lymphopoiesis in the Normal and Neoplastic Thymus (pages 242–287): Donald Metcalf Chapter 12 Parallel Observations on the Role of the Thymus in Leukaemogenesis, Immunocompetence and Lymphopoiesis (pages 288–309): J. Furth, A. Kunii, H. Ioachim, F. T. Sanel and P. Moy Chapter 13 Interaction of Occult Leukaemogenic Viruses with Ionizing Radiation and Other External Leukaemogenic Agents in the Induction of Thymic Lymphosarcoma in the Mouse (pages 310–334): Henry S. Kaplan Chapter 14 Mast Cells in the Mouse Thymus (pages 335–347): F. M. Burnet Chapter 15 Lymphocytes and Antibodies in Relation to Malignant Disease (pages 348–359): George Klein Chapter 16 The Influence of Neonatal Thymectomy and Thymus Grafting on Spontaneous Auto?Immune Disease in Mice (pages 360–380): J. B. Howie and B. J. Helyer Chapter 17 Thymic Changes in NZB Mice and Hybrids (pages 381–398): Margaret C. Holmes and F. M. Burnet Chapter 18 Immunocytes and Immunoproliferative Disorders (pages 399–415): William Dameshek Chapter 19 The Thymus and Human Diseases with Auto?Immune Concomitants, with Special Reference to Myasthenia Gravis (pages 416–448): Arthur J. L. Strauss and Hugo W. R. Van Der Geld Chapter 20 Histopathology of the Human Thymus (pages 449–475): Ian R. Mackay Chapter 21 The Significance of Auto?Immune Disease (pages 476–519): William Dameshek Chapter 22 Chairman's Closing Remarks (pages 520–522): The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.