Index to Subjects 



443 



Precipitin tests : 



general considerations 312 

 delicacy of the test 144 

 errors in testing See Error 

 testing with diluted antiscra 142 

 quantitative method (Nuttall's) 315 

 testing blood dried on filter-paper 63 



et seq. 

 testing method, for a large series 70 



et seq. 

 time-limit placed on reactions 71 

 See further under Precipitable substances, 

 etc. above 

 Precipitoid 13 

 Precipitum 99-101 

 Preservatives, eiifects on blood 76 

 Primates, bloods See Precipitin tests on 

 classification and relationships 1-3 

 eye structure in 2 

 genealogical tree (Dubois) 3 

 haemolytic effects of their sera on different 



bloods and animals 33 

 placental structure in 2 

 See further under Relationship, tables 

 220-229. 

 Putrefaction, effects on blood and serum 

 precipitins 66, 119, 383, 402 (plate) 



Qualitative tests with precipitins See Pre- 

 cipitin tests 



Quantitative tests with precipitins See 

 Precipitin tests 



Reaction, acid or alkaline, effects on pre- 

 cipitin reactions 79 

 Reactivation of haemolysins, bacteriolysins, 

 spermotoxins, thyreotoxins, etc. 20, 

 24, 25 

 of precipitins not obtained 94 

 See Bacteriolysins, Complement. 

 Receptors (Ehrlich) 7, 11, 12 

 Regeneration of antitoxins in the body 110 



of precipitins in the body 128 

 Relationships of animals indicated 

 by anatomical structure 1-3 

 by effect of artificial haemolysins 41 

 by effect of normal haemolysins 41 

 by effect of precipitin tests on bloods, q.v. 

 Rennet See Ferment 

 Reptilia, haemolytic effects of their sera on 



different animals and bloods 38 

 Reptilia, See precipitin tests on bloods of, and 

 tables, including lists of bloods and 

 eggs tested 300-305, 366, 368-373 



Riciu antitoxin 5, 11 



precipitins 155 

 Roborat precipitins 155 

 Rodeiitia, haemolytic effects of their sera on 

 different animals and bloods 35 

 tables including lists of bloods tested 



244-251 

 See Precipitin tests on bloods of 



Salts, effect of (NaCl) on precipitin re- 

 actions 102, 402 



effect of on agglutination 47 



effect of on sera 83, 85 

 Serotoxin (synonym for Precipitin) 15 

 Sera, normal, bactericidal power of 30 



normal, effect of filtration on 118 



normal, preservation (fluid) by chloroform, 

 filtration 62 



normal, stability in vitro with regard to 

 pi'ecipitins 62, 123 



See Acids, Alkalis, Antitoxin, etc. 

 Serum precipitins See Precipitins, Precipi- 

 tating Autisera, etc. 

 Side-chain theory of Ehrlich 5, 7 

 Signs used in tables. Key to 217-219, 338 

 Snake venom 5, 8 and following : 



agglutinins in 23 



haemolytic effects of 19, 29, 43 



intermediary bodies in 21 . 



precipitins for 208-209 



See Reptilia, Antivenine, Bactericidal, 

 Neurotoxin 

 Source of agglutinins in the body 46 



of haemolysins 26 



of precipitins 26, 132 

 Species of blood tested with precipitins, 



summary 213 

 Specificity of precipitins 104 et seq., 381 

 Spermotoxins, Autospermotoxins 24 



normal 24 



specific, reactivation, etc. 23, 24 



term defined 19 



See also Anti-antibodies 14 

 Stability of agglutinating antisera in vitro 

 48 



of precipitating antisera and normal 

 sera in vitro 123 

 Staphylococcus pyogenes 29 



See Bacterial haemolysins 

 Staphylolysin See Bacterial haemolysins 

 Streptococcus See Bacterial haemolysins 

 Substance sensibilisatrice 15 

 Summary of number of blood species tested 

 213 ' 



