634 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Susceptibility, factors in, 50, 51 



mechanisms of, K'i4 

 Suspension, red cells, 202, 416 

 Suspensoids and emulsoids, 585 

 Swallowing reflex, impoitance of, 71 

 Swine influenza, etiology of, 31 

 Symbiosis, 29 

 Synergistic substances, flocculating 



antigens and, 447 

 Synthetic medium. Bureau of Animal 

 Industiy's, 505 

 Long's, 504, 505 

 toxin formation and, 24G 

 Syntoxoid, definition of, 251 

 SjT)hilis, cerebrospinal lues, 42.'! 

 complement fixation in, 419-443 

 eifect of malaria on, 31 



of malarial or diathermy treat- 

 ment on, 433 

 etiology of, 419 

 history of, 419 



serology of, 423 

 immunity to, 433, 434 

 incubation and primary lesion of, 



419 

 Kilduffe's basic principles and, 431 

 laboratory diagnosis in primary 



stage, 419, 420 

 methods of spread, 419 

 naming of, 419 

 Osier's saying as to, 421 

 paresis, 423 



periods of latency in, 422 

 precipitin tests in, 444-468 

 serological results in treated, 421 

 serology in untreated, 421 



of tertiary, 422 

 summary of complement fixation 



in, 436-438 

 tabes, paresis, and cerebrospinal, 



423 

 third generation and, 419 

 transmission by transfusion, refer- 

 ence to, 439 

 umbilical bloods in, 422 

 value of blood tests in primary 



stage of, 420 

 various names for, 419 

 Wassermann 's original technique, 

 424-426 

 Syphilitic reagin, eft'ect of treatment 

 on content of, 432 

 history of precipitin tests foi-, 



'444 

 importance of more than one test 



for, 466 

 incidence of, in piimarv stage, 

 420 



Syphilitic reagin — Cont M 



principles of floeculation tests 



for, 445, 446 

 specificity of, for Treponema 



pallidum, 435 

 status of floeculation tests for, 

 445 

 Systems, homogeneous and lieterogen- 

 ous, 584 



T 



Tabes, serology of, 423 

 T.A.T., determination of suscepti- 

 bility with, 256, 259 

 dosage of, 259 



history of early use of, 258, 259 

 preparation of, 259, 260 

 Theobald Smith 's studies with, 258 

 use of goats in preparation of anti- 

 toxin for, 260 

 Teclinique, agglutinin titer and, 201 

 basic requirement, 205 

 empirical requirement, 205 

 interfacial tension, 217, 218 



of Mudd, 217, 218 

 measurement of cohesive force, 21() 

 optimal proportion, 230-232 

 original Bordet-Gengou, 401, 402 

 precipitin titer and, 201 

 lecommendations of Surgeon Gen- 

 eral's Committee, 205 

 Widal, 380, 381 

 'I'eeth, apical infection of, 72 

 Temperature, importance of, in hem- 

 agglutination, 181 

 Tendon sheaths, importance of, 77 

 Tertiary syphilis, serological findings 



"in, 422 

 Testiculai- protein, nonspecies speci- 

 ficity of, 322, 323 

 Tests, diagnosis of allergy by, 570- 

 573 

 Dick, 278, 279 

 floeculation, antigens employed, 



447-449 

 floeculation tests in syphilis, 444- 



468 

 grading of Mantoux, 522 

 liypersensitiveness and rabbit se- 

 rum and, 308 

 iiitra<'utaneous, for serum hyper- 

 sensitiveness, 308 

 Schultz-(;harlt(m, 277, 279 

 Tctaiuis, Abel's tlieoiy of toxin patli- 

 way, 33 

 active-passive immunity, 264 



