632 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Sensitizers, definition of anaphylac- 

 tic, 151 

 hemolytic unit, 202 

 Sepsis, puerperal, definition of, 81 

 Septic infection, leucocyte count in, 



61, 64 

 Septicemia, definition of, 31 

 factors in, 283 

 immuno-transfusion in, 283 

 streptococci and, 283 

 Sera, convalescent and immune, 276- 

 305 

 fractions of, 195, 196 

 inactivation of, for Kahn test, 453 

 some diseases used in, 276 

 use of, in virus disease, 289 

 Serodiagnostic tests, corandttee of 

 U.S.P.H.S. on evaluation 

 of, 430 

 Serological classification, divisions in, 

 351, 352 

 errors due to presence of extrane- 

 ous material, 353 

 lack of standard procedure for, 

 352 

 diagnosis, Kilduffe's basic prin- 

 ciples in, 431 

 methods, limitation of, 351 

 Serum, inactivation of, 487 

 reactions, 306-316 



acquired hypersensitiveness and, 



307, 308 

 antibacterial sera and, 308 

 chill-producing factor in, 306, 



307 

 classification of, 306 

 delayed, 309 

 immediate, 306, 307 

 incidence of alarming symptoms 



and death in, 307 

 ophthalmic test for, 308 

 specific, 307 



status lymphaticus in, 306 

 test for hypersensitiveness, 308 

 toxin-antitoxin and, 308 

 sickness, 309 



atopic reagins and, 311 

 j3 isoagglutinins and, 311 

 discussion of antigen-antibody 



theory of, 311-314 

 heterophile antibodies and, 311 

 incidence of, 309 

 incubation period, 313 

 lower animals and, 310 

 precipitins and, 310, 311 

 relapses in, 309 

 theories as to, 310, 311 

 various sera and 309 



Serum — Cont 'd 



therapy, mechanism of, in pneu- 

 monia, 287 

 treatment, results in pneumonia, 

 286 

 Shift to the left, degenerative, 64, 65 

 regenerative, 64 

 significance of, 64, 65 

 Shiga dysentery bacilli, endotoxins 



of, 34 

 Shigella dysenteriae, studies on an- 

 tigen complex of, 364 

 Shock organs, allergy and, 559 



specific serum reactions and, 307 

 Shwartzman, reacting factor, 552 

 reaction, general, 552 

 nature of, 552 



preparatory factor, 552, 553 

 Side chain theory, Ehrlich's, 197, 19S 

 Simple chemical compounds, anaphy- 

 laxis and, 472 

 Sinuses, defensive mechanism of, 71, 

 72 

 type of epithelium of, 71 

 Skin, bacteria on, 47 

 barrier to invasion, 70 

 reactions, anaphylactic vs. tubercu- 

 lin, 528 

 recording allergic, 577 

 reference to lymphatics of, 281 

 tests, Brucellosis and, 387 



classification of food allergens 



and, 567, 568 

 description of Francis test, 397 

 for antibodies, 397, 398 

 intracutaneous, 254, 571 

 introduction by Blackley, 565 

 M.E.D., and L^ dose of toxin in, 



254 

 scarlatinal toxin and, 279 

 Smallpox, Kansas City epidemic data 

 of, 111 

 vaccination against. 111, 112 

 Smooth muscle, crop reaction of, 484 

 Soil, pathogenic agents in, 47 



preparation for infection, 81 

 Solubility of precipitates, 593 

 Soluble specific substances, bacteria 

 and, 354 

 chemistry of, for Types I to 

 XXXII, 357, 358 

 of pneumococcal, 356-358 

 reference to Brown's studies 



of, 285 

 relationship of Type XIV to 

 group A substance, 358 

 Solutions, size of molecules in, 584 



