SUBJECT INDEX 



619 



D 



l);ilo plienoiuenon, bacterial liajjtcns 

 and, 48(i 

 description of, 478, 479 

 l)aiij>er area, location of, 72 

 Danysz phenomenon, Bordet 's expla- 

 nation of, 212, 253 

 description of, 212 

 Defatted antigens, for complement 



fixation, 405 

 Degeneration phenomena, definition 



of, 41 

 Dermal pneumonia, gravitation of 



fluid in, 78 

 Desensitization, criterion of, 47G 

 explanation of, 495 

 histamine and, 494 

 Determinative bacteriology, use of 



serology in, 392-397 

 Detoxified toxin, history of, 2(51 



immunization with, 116 

 Devaux's experiment, 589 

 Developmental anatomy, natural im- 

 munity and, 103 

 Diabetes, infection and, 73 

 Diagnosis, importance of antibodies 



in, 379-400 

 Diagnostic tests, tuberculin and, 515 

 Diapedesis, definition of, 72 

 Diathermy, in hay fever and asth- 

 ma, 578 

 Diathesis, constitutional in tubercu- 

 losis, 108 

 Diazotization, aliphatic side chains 

 and, 336 

 cysteine and, 338 

 method of, 336-338 

 Dick test, dose of toxin for, 279 

 reading of, 279 

 significance of, 227 

 toxin valency and, 278 

 use of, 119 

 Diet, effect on agglutinins, 106 

 Diluents, Kolmer's recommendation, 



416 

 Diphtheria, active and passive im- 

 munity to, 256-259 

 active-passive immunity, 264 

 antitoxin, Ehrlich 's units of, 200 

 causes of death in, 245 

 etiologic agent of, 242 

 immunity, results of retesting, 265 



Schick test and, 255 

 immunization. New York City 

 Board of Health, 264, 265 

 results of, 260, 261, 263 

 natural immunity in, 102, 103 



Dijihtheria — ('out M 

 nature of, 34 



Park's studies of, 255, 256, 259 

 susceptibility, T.A.T. and, 256 

 symptoms and pathology of, 244, 



245 

 toxin, discovery of, 242 



Ehrlich 's measurement of, 200 

 hypersensitivity to, 255 

 source and nature of, 245 

 synthetic media and, 246 

 variation in potency, 246 

 use of antitoxin in, 257 

 variation in susceptibles, 255 

 Direct extension, infection and, 77 

 Disease, definition of infectious and 

 contagious, 32 

 human, 102 



toxemic, examples of, 32, 33 

 Dispersion, factors in, 592 

 Dissemination, routes of, 74 

 Dissociation, bacterial, 42, 43 

 Dogs, anaphylaxis in, 470 

 Dosage, importance of, in determin- 

 ing antigenicity, 359 

 Dressings, hot, wet, value of, 83 

 Drug allergy, 568 

 duration of, 568 

 haptens and, 568 

 possible explanation, 378 

 Ducts, parotid, 70 



Dyes, use of, in hematology, 87, 88 

 Dvsenterv, agglutination reaction 

 in, 392 



E 



Eagle fiocculation test, 465, 466 

 Ear, lymphatic drainage of, 75 

 Eberthella typhosa, antigenic fac- 

 tors in, 363 

 uniformity of, 394 

 carbohydrate fractions in and 

 Vi antigens, 115, 121, 363. 

 391 

 Craigie's bacteriophage for in- 



agglutinable strains, 38 

 relationship to S. galliuarum, 



391 

 Vi antigen of, 38, 121 

 Edema, definition of, 74 

 Edematogenic substances, nature 



and source of, 74 

 Effort sensitiveness, 570 

 Egg, antigenic components of, 323, 

 324 

 phenomenon of fertilization of, 318 

 Egg white arsanilic antigen, 345-348 



