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Natural and Immune Antibodies ____________ 143 



The Humoral Theory of Immunity, 143; Alpha Lysins; Immune 

 Lysins and Pfeiffer's Phenomena; Pfeiffer's Immunity Unit, 144; 

 Bordet's Explanation of Lytic Mechanism, 145; Bacterial Ambo- 

 ceptor, Immune Body or Sensitizer; Sensitized Cells; Comple- 

 ment; Further Studies on Normal Bacteriolytic Substances; Alpha 

 Lysins, 146; )3 Lysins, Leukins and Lysozyme, 147; Natural and 

 Immune Bacterial Agglutinins; Hemolysins, Hemagglutinins and 

 Other Antibodies, 148; Isohemolysins in Paroxysmal Hemoglo- 

 binuria, 149; Reagins, 150; Lipoidophilie Reagins; Precipitins; 

 Anaphylactic Sensitizers; Antitoxins, 151; Opsonins and Bacteri- 

 otropins; Ablastin; Antiaggressins; Conglutinins, 152; Heter- 

 ophile Antibodies and Heterophile Antigens, 153. 



CHAPTER IX 

 Complement _________-___----- 157 



Nature of Complement, 157; Preservation of Complement, 158; 

 Effect of Heat on Complement; Reversibility of the Reaction; 

 Inactivation by Shaking; Anticomplementary Effects of Inor- 

 ganic and Organic Compounds, 159; Origin of Complement; De- 

 sirable Qualities of a Complement; Complement From Various 

 Animals, 160; Specific Fixation of Complement; Specific Comple- 

 ment Fixation by Precipitates; Time of Occurrence of Fixation, 

 161; Nonspecific Adsorption; Chemical and Physical Factors in 

 Cell Sensitization, 162; Thiele and Embleton's Observations; 

 Bordet's and Ehrlich's Views on the Mechanism of Sensitization; 

 Visible Phenomena of Cell Lysis, 163; Fixation of Complement 

 by Products of Lysis; Hill and Parker's Physicochemical Inter- 

 pretation; Action of Complement Depends on Concentration, 164; 

 Effect of Temperature on Complement Action; Discussion of 

 Eagle 's Work, 165. 



CHAPTER X 



Isohemagglutinins — Blood Groups _______---_ 168 



Isohemagglutinins — Discovery, 168; Classification in Use; Classifi- 

 cation Based on Agglutinogen Content ; Landsteiner 's Three Groups, 

 169; Mechanism Postulated by Landsteiner; Moss's Classification 

 in General Use, 170; Suggested Method for Learning the Classifica- 

 tion, 171; Time of Appearance of Agglutinogen and Agglutinins; 

 Inheritance of Blood Group Factors, 172; Racial Distribution of 

 Groups; Racial Types; Frequency in Different Populations; Higli 

 Incidence of O Group in the American Indian, 173; Distribution of 

 Agglutinogen in Lower Animals, 174; Agglutinogen in Monkeys and 

 Higher Apes, 175; Comparison of Agglutinogen in Human and 

 Monkey Blood; Human A and B Factors in Anthropoid Apes; 

 Medico-Legal Application of Blood Groups, 176; Determination 



