SUBJECT INDEX 



615 



Bacterial — Cont 'd 



anaphylaxis, systemic vs. skin sen- 

 sitivity, 525 

 antigens, attenuated, 350 

 complexity of, 325, .350 

 killed suspensions as, 350 

 specificity and, 350, 373 

 used in classification, 351-353 

 association in gaseous gangrene, .'!4 

 carboliydrate, discovery of, 41 

 characteristics, early theorie.s of^ 42 

 complement fixation, antigenic 

 preparation for, 417 

 antigens used by Wassermann 



in, 424 

 basis of, 401-418 

 correlation of with clinical 



findings, 413 

 discussion of, 413, 415 

 quantitative and qualitative 



tests, 413 

 significance of tubes in, 409- 



412 

 summary of recommendations, 



415-417 

 three methods available, 409 

 dissociation, 37 



Bordet's description of, 42 

 surfaces, studies of, 217 

 toxins, names of, 241 



nature and formation of, 245 

 types, 320, 321 

 vaccines, use of, 114 

 Bactericidal action, mechanism of 



normal, 146 

 Bacteriolysis, visible phenomena of, 



163 

 Bacterio-precipitins, effect of heat on, 

 224 



Bacteriotropins, 152 

 nature of, 96 

 titration of, 202 

 Bacterium lepisepticum, de Kruif 's 



work and, 37 

 Bail's aggressins, nature of, 39 

 Bally 's blanching reaction, anaphy- 

 lactic shock in rabbits 

 and, 479 

 Barley, antigens in, 324 

 B. C. G., nature of, 112 



vaccination, different opinion.s of, 

 548-550 

 Park's views on, 550 

 Petroff 's views of, 549 

 vaccine, value of, 113 

 Behavior of cells, Mudd 's woik on. 

 218 



Bernstein, triple allelomorph theory 



of, 178, 179, 188 

 Beta lysins, definition of, 147 

 Biological and antigenic specificity, 

 317-331 

 relationships, precipitin tests and, 



223 

 tests, 572 

 Blanching reaction, rabbit anapliy- 



laxis and, 479 

 Blastomyces dermatitis, antigenic 



properties of, 325 

 Blood agglutinogens, incidence of N 

 factor in Eskimos, 173 

 banks, suggestions for, 284 

 cells, 56, 90 



origin of, 92 

 cold agglutinins in, 184 

 composition of, 143 

 count, discussion of white cells in, 



60, 67 

 groups, 168-192 



classifications of, 169-171 



based upon agglutinogen con- 

 tent of, 169, 170 

 comparison of human factors 

 with monkey agglutino- 

 gens, 176 

 discovery of, 168 

 distribution of agglutinogens 

 among lower animals, 174- 

 176 

 frequency in different popula- 

 tions, 173, 174 

 genetic formulas for, 177 

 importance of temperature in ag- 

 glutination, 181 

 inheritance of factors, 172 

 irregularity of agglutination in, 



181 

 M, N, and P factors and, 181, 



182 

 medico-legal application of, 176, 



177 

 racial distribution of, 173, 174 

 subgroups in, 179-181 

 time of establishment of, 172 

 nature and distribution of haptens 



in, 185 

 rouleaux formation in, 184 

 stream, removal of bacteria from, 



135-137 

 supply, importance of, 80 

 Boil, nature of ' ' core, ' ' 55 

 Bone marrow, indication of activity 

 of. 54 



