SUBJECT INDEX 



625 



KiKluffo's principles, serological di- 

 agnosis, 4ol 

 Kliue elimination test, 460 



microscopic precipitation test, de- 

 scription of, 457 

 test, agreement with other tests, 

 458 

 antigen preparation, 458 

 reading of, 458, 459 

 sensiti%'ity of, 458 

 sources of error in, 4(i0 

 technique of, 458 

 Kolmer antigen titration, protocol of, 

 430 

 antigens, preparation of, 429 

 titration of, 429, 430 

 unit of, 430 

 hemolytic unit of, 202 

 red cell unit of, 202 

 Kolmer 's technique, requirements met 



by, 415, 417 

 Kolmer-Wassermann test, 428-431 

 antigen used, 429 

 reporting results of, 430 

 Kupflfer cells, 90 



Lo dose of toxin, definition of, 200 

 L+ dose of toxin, definition of, 200 



variation in, 251 

 Lf dose of toxin, definition of, 248, 



249 

 Lr dose of toxin, definition of, 254 

 Labile antigens, 38 

 Lacrimal secretions, importance of, 



71 

 Landsteiner, blood group classifica- 

 tion of, 169 

 early work on antigens, 332 

 Langhans ' giant cells, description of, 



57 

 Lecithoproteins, antibodies and, 197 

 Lens protein, nonspecies specificity 



of, 322, 323 

 Leptospira icterohemorrhagiae, .".0, 



36, 39 

 Leucocidiu, 33 



streptococci and, 129 

 Leucocyte count, appendicitis and, 61 

 Ameth, 61 



effect of iiistamine on, 66, 67 

 of infection on, 54-67 

 of splenectomy on, 66 

 of various substances on, <>(!, 

 67 

 in pneumonia, 61 

 juvenile neutrophiles, 62 



Leucocyte count — Cont 'd 

 meningitis and, 61 

 myelocytes and, 62 

 normal, 60 



physiological conditions and, *il 

 rhythmical variation in, 60 

 severe infections and, 61 

 stab forms, 63 

 Leucocytes, capillary permeability 

 and, iJ6 

 degenerative forms, 63 

 differential counts, 60-66 

 Schilling c(mnt, 61 

 segmented forms, 64 

 Leucocytosis-promoting factor, de- 

 scription of, 67 

 Leucopenia, different microorganisms 

 and, 65 

 discussion of, 65, 66 

 diseases showing, 60 

 Leucopenic immunity, 65 



index, 572 

 Leucotoxine, nature of, 67, 95 

 Leukins, 14(i, 147 

 Lipid, metabolism of, 93 

 Lipoids, antigens, 447 

 bacteria and, 355 



importance of, compared with pro- 

 teins and carbohydrates, 

 355 



Lobar pneumonia, research on, 77, 78 



stages in, 54, 55 

 Local fixation phenomenon, 130 545, 

 546 ' 



Loeb, adsorption experiments, 214 

 Long's synthetic medium, 504 

 Lower animals, serum sickness in, 310 

 Lungs, in anaphylaxis, 477, 478 

 in pneumonia, 54, 55 

 lymphatic drainage of, 76 

 Lymph channels, removal of infec- 

 tion by, 75 

 drainage of lungs and pleura, 76 

 glands, filtration of bacteria by, 30 

 function as filters, 52 

 Lymphatics, diainage and, 75, 76 



living skin and, 281 

 Lymphocytes, 58 

 Lymphogenous extension, infection 



and, 75 

 Lymphogranuloma inguinale, dura- 

 tion of allergy in, 553 

 Frei test and, 553 

 Lymphoid tissue of: intestines. 78 79 



respiratory tract, 71 

 Lynphile process, preservation of 

 complement by, 158 



