Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Da·nysz phenomenon Pronunciation:
'dän-ish- Function:
noun : the exhibition of residual toxicity by a mixture of toxin and antitoxinin which the toxin has been added in several increments to an amount of antitoxin sufficient to completely neutralize it if it had been added as a single increment called also
Danysz effectDanysz, Jean (1860–1928), Polish-French pathologist. Danysz reported on the Danysz phenomenon in an 1899 article on toxins and antitoxins. He is also known for two otherachievements: the isolation in 1900 of the bacterium (
Salmonella typhimurium) that is the most frequent cause of human food poisoning, and the first use of radium in treating malignant diseasesin 1903.
