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 Known and Suspected Cases of Tuberculosis; Incidence of Reac- 

 tions in Clinically Nontuberculous Cases; Noncorrelative Reactions; 

 Cases of Tuberculosis That Did Not React; Mariette and Fenger's 

 Results With MA-100 and OT, 518; Slater and Jordan's Studies 

 of the von Pirquet and Mantoux Tests; Survey to Determine Pri- 

 mary Tuberculosis Infection Attack Rate, 520 ; Significance of Skin 

 Reaction in Children; Tuberculin Surveys With PPD, 521; Effect 

 of Age Upon Diluted Tul)erculin; System of Grading Mantoux 

 Tests, 522 ; Incidence of Tuberculosis Determined at Autopsy ; Rob- 

 ertson 's Anatomic Studies, 523 ; Tissue Response to Various Frac- 

 tions of the Tubercle Bacillus; The Necessary Factors for the 

 Development of Tuberculin Allergy, 524; Possible Explanation of 

 Apparent Dissimilarities Between Anaphylaxis and Tuberculin Al- 

 lergy, 526; Similarity Between Immune Response and Tuberculin 

 Allergy, 528; Summary of Evidence Indicating an Antigen-Anti- 

 body Mechanism, 529 ; Questions Raised by Antigen-Antibody Con- 

 cepts, 530; Antigenic Factors Present in Acid-Fast Bacteria; Epi- 

 flielium as the Site of Antibody Production and Antigen-Antibody 

 Reaction, 531; Studies of Corper and Cohn, 532. 



CHAPTER XXVII 



The Significance ok Ali.ergy in Tuberculosis and a Few Other 



Diseases _________________ 538 



Immunity in Tuberculosis, 538; Effect of Administering Vaccine 

 Intravenously, 540; Experimental and Clinical Studies of Allergy 

 and Immunity in Tuberculosis, 541; Summary of Theobald Smith's 

 Studies of Spontaneous Bovine Tuberculosis, 542; The Immunizing 

 Value of Nonprogressive Primary Lesions, 543; Summary of 

 Lurie's Studies on Active Immunization; Lurie's Investigation of 

 the Mechanism of Immunity and the Role of Allergy in Tubercu- 

 losis, 544; Cannon's and Hartley's Work on Allergy, and Inmm- 

 nity, 546; Effect of Primary Lesion in Children Upon Subsequent 

 Infection, 547; Different Opinions as to B.C.G. Vaccination, 548; 

 Park's Studies on B.C.G., 549; Other Bacterial Allergies — Brucel- 

 losis, 550; Streptococcus Allergies; Rheumatic Fever; Pneumo- 

 coccus Infection, 551; The Shwartzman Reaction, 552; Frei Test in 

 LATiipliogranuloma Inguinale, 553. 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



IlvrKKSEXSITlVENESS ________________ 559 



Human Idiosyncrasies; Clinical Allergies; Reactions Occur in Local 

 Shock Organs; Inheritance Factors in Atopy, 559; Reagins Not 

 Demonstrable in All Cases of Allergy; Passive Transfer of Reagin 

 and the P-K Reaction, 560; Sensitization Through Alimentary 

 and Respiratory Tracts and Through Placenta, 561; Effect of 

 Heredity on Age of Onset ; Facts About Reagin, 562 ; Comparison 



