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INDEX 



Peroxide formation (cont.): 



effect of liver, 78 



effect of muscle infusion, 77 



effect of yeast, 77 



effect on saccharolytic enzymes, 79 



hydrogen peroxide in, 44, 74-82 



in relation to methemoglobins, 71-82 



optimal zone, 76 



peroxidase in, 76 

 Phagocytosis, 388-406 



antiopsonins, 398-401 



antiphagins, 398 



clasmatocytes, 432 



early observations, 17, 23, 25, 27 



in recovery from infection, 394 



macrophages, 405, 432 



mechanism, 402-406 



normal and immune serum, 392, 

 393-397 



opsonins in pneumonia, 401-402, 

 438, 439 



opsonins, normal, 393, 395-397 



piantication, 392 



polymorphonuclear leucocytes, 432 



polysaccharide-splitting enzymes 

 and, 307, 316 



sensitization of Pneumococcus to, 

 391-395 



serum-leucocyte mixtures, 429, 430, 

 433, 435, 439 



tropins in pneumonia, 401-402, 438, 

 439 



tropins, normal, 393, 395-397 

 Phantom colony of pneumococci, 153 

 Phlegmon, Pneumococcus in, 226 

 Phosphorus in polysaccharides, 271, 



287 

 Physicochemical properties of capsu- 

 lar polysaccharides, 296-297 

 Piantication, 392 



Pigeon, natural immunity, 341, 428 

 Pigment formation 



by aniline, 74 



by benzidine, 74 



by toluidine, 74 

 Pithecus philippinensis, 192 

 Plasma-testicular agar as differential 

 medium, 48 



Plating methods for isolation of 



Pneumococcus, 627-628 

 Pleural exudate as antigen, 21, 337, 



339 

 Pleuritis, Pneumococcus in, 8, 16 

 Pneumocholin, as antigen, 334, 483 

 Pneumococcemia, 227-229 

 Pneumococci. See Pneumococcus 

 Pneumococcidins 



analysis of action, 436 

 germicides, 62-64, 430, 433 

 in normal serum, 428, 436 

 in whole blood, 435-436 

 serum-leucocyte mixtures, 429-431, 



435, 439 

 See also Chemotherapy 

 Pneumococcus 

 anaerobic strains, 44, 116 

 and B. friedlanderi, differentiation, 



17 

 antibodies. See Antibodies to Pneu- 

 mococcus 

 antigenicity, 323-354 

 atypical and typical, 105, 146 

 autolysis. See Autolysis 

 bile solubility, 55-62 

 biochemical features, 65-102 

 biology, 30-64 

 C Fraction. See C Fraction 

 carbohydrates fermentable by. See 

 Carbohydrate fermentation by 

 Pneumococcus 

 carriers. See Carriers 

 cell wall, 260 

 chemical constituents. See Chemical 



constituents 

 classification 



bacteriological, 1 



serological. See Serological classi- 

 fication 

 colony formation. See Colony for- 

 mation 

 dissociation. See Dissociation 

 drug-fastness, 519-520 

 epidemiology. See Carriers 

 excretion, 229-230 

 fatality rates, 222-224 

 first observation, 2 



