Excerpt from A Contribution to the Study of the Nature and Origin of the Bence Jones Protein: Dissertation This study is a continuation of the preliminary work by Ottenberg and Gies who found in this laboratory that crude elastose, after its subcutaneous or intraperitoneal injection, can readily be detected in the urine by the heat precipitation test. Since the Bence Jones protein has various properties in common with elastoses, Ottenberg and Gies suggested that osseoalbumoid (bone elastin might be the forerunner of the Bence Jones protein, which appears in the urine of people with multiple myeloma of the bones. It was thought that perhaps the osseoalbumoid of the bone might be so acted upon by the enzymes present in the cells of the myelomatous growth, as to give rise to a body having the properties of the Bence Jones protein. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.