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Diphtheria, 1368-1403 



antitoxin, avidity of. 1030, 1385 



concentrated, 1379 



in blood of normal horses, 1084 

 of normal persons, 1075-1085 



in vivo/in vitro ratio of. 1385 



refined, 1379 



standardization of, 1383 

 bacillus. See Corynebacterium 

 borne by milk, 1390, 2039, 2049 

 carrier : case ratio in, 1249 

 carriers in, 1248 



avirulent strains in, 1083 



effect of active immunization on, 1251 



rate of clearing of, 1387 



treatment of, 1386 

 diagnosis of, 1373 



different grades of immunity to, 1250 

 epidemiology of, 1246-1251, 1386 

 experimental production of, in Schick- 



positive reactors, 1085 

 gravis, iiitermedius and mitis types of 



C. diphtheria in relation to 1370, 1382 

 immunization against, 



active, 1249, 1391-1400 



active and passive, 1401 



effect of on carrier rate, 1399 



passive, 1401 



results of, 1398 

 in domestic animals, 1390, 1403 

 in pre-school children, 1399 

 in schools, 1248-1251 

 institutional epidemics of, control of, 1401 

 Moloney reaction in relation to, 1393, 1396 

 natural immunization against, 1246-1251 

 pathogenesis of, 1369 

 prophylactics against, 1391 



standardization of, 1402 

 prophylaxis in, 1391-1403 

 Schick test in relation to, 1248, 1376, 



1393-1398 

 spread of, by animals, 1390 



by dust, 1389 



by fomites, 1389 



by milk, 1390, 2049 

 susceptibility to, measurement of, 1376 

 toxin in relation to tj'pe of bacillus, 1372 



Lf, Lo, L+, and Lr dose of, 1384 



M.L.D. of, 238, 1384 



M.R.D. of, 1384 



Schick dose of, 1377, 1384 

 treatment of with antitoxin, 1378 

 virulence tests in, 1375 

 Diphtheroid bacilli. See Corynebacterium 

 in animal diseases, 1403 

 in human disease, 1403 

 Diplococcus crassus, 531, 532, 553 



intracellularis meningitidis. See Neis- 

 seria meningitidis 

 mucosus, 553 



pharyngis flavus. See Neisseria 

 pneumonise. See Streptococcus pneumonise 

 Disinfectants concentration exponent »t of, 

 142 

 emulsified, 133 

 gaseous, 149 

 liquid, 149 



Disinfectants, practical application of, 149 



solid, 150 



standardization of, 145 



temperature coefficient of, 143 

 Disinfection, 101-150 



by acids, 114, 118 



by alcohols and ethers, 132 



by alkalies, 114, 120 



by cathode rays, 108 



by chloroxylenols, 134 



by cold, 112 



by desiccation. 111 



by distilled water, 117 



by dry heat, 112 



by dyes, 134 



by electricity, 107 



by electromagnetic waves, 103 



by essential oils, 136 



by flaming, 113 



by gases, 149 



by heavy metals, 121 



by moist heat, 113 



by mould products, 172 



by phenols and cresols, 133 



by photodynamic sensitization, 106 



by radium, 109 



by Rontgen rays, 108 



by salts, 120 et seq. 



by soaps and synthe.tic detergents, 130 



by solid disinfectants, 150 



by sonic and supersonic waves, 110 



by steam, 114 



bv sulphonamides, 157 



by sunlight, 102, 104 



by ultra-violet light, 102 



dynamics of, 137 



effect of concentration of disinfectant on, 

 140 

 of hydrogen-ion concentration on, 114, 



118 

 of lipoid content of bacteria on, 149 

 of organic matter on, 134, 135 

 of proteins on, 149 

 of temperature on, 143 

 of variations in bacterial resistance 

 on, 140 



reaction velocity of, 137 

 Dispora Kaukasica. See Lactobacillus caucasicus 

 Dissociation, bacterial, 289. See also Varia- 

 tion of bacteria 

 Distemper of cats, 1877. jSee aiso Feline enteritis 



of dogs, foxes and ferrets, 1961 

 encephalitis in, 1961 

 Distilled water, effect of on bacteria, 117 

 Division of bacteria, different methods of, 33 

 Doderlein's bacillus, 750 et seq., 157, 1996 

 Dogs, anaphylactic shock in, 1138 



Brucella infection of, 1719 



distemper of, 1961 



experimental pneumonia of, 1669 



in relation to fievre boutonneuse, 1848 



infectious anaemia of, 904, 1798 



leptospiral jaundice of, 1837 



streptococcal lymjDhadenitis in, 1496 



Stuttgart plague in, 1837 



tuberculosis in, 427, 1342. 1343 



typhus of Lukes in, 1837 



