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INDEX 



Antienzyme, function of, 258 

 Antigen, 255 



chemical composition of, 256 



definition of, 256 



in complement-fixation, 256, 274, 

 275, 276 



syphilitic, 256, 274 



in Wassermann test, 276 

 Antigens and antibodies, tabula- 

 tion of, 294 



fats and fatty acids as, 256 



in preparation of a vaccine, 284 

 Antimeningococcus serum, 273 

 Antipollenin, 259 

 Antiprecipitins, 266 

 Antisepsis, 117 



Lister introduced, 308, 314 



primitive, 304 

 Antiseptic, 117 



action of anilin dyes, 148 



carbolic acid, 145 



cold, 134 



formaldehyde, 146 



osmotic pressure, 135 

 Antisera in snake poisoning, 272 

 Antiserum, definition of, 249 

 Antisnake venoms, 272 

 Antitetanic serum, 260 

 Antitoxic immunity, 251 

 Antitoxin, 257 



collection of, 259 



concentration of, 259, 260 



diphtheria, 250, 258, 260, 310 



formation, 113, 257 



function of, 258 



preparation of, 259 



standard, 260 



tetanus, 260 



unit of, 260 

 Antitoxins, 257^260 



as factors in immunity, 294 



preservatives in, 260 



specific, 257 

 Antivenin, 259 

 Apes, 224 



Apparatus of Barber, 193, 194 

 Appearance of growth on culture 



media, 214 

 Appert, 300, 311, 313 

 Aqueous gentian violet, 202 

 Arborescent growth, 218 

 Aristotle, 297 



Arnold steam sterilizer, 120 

 Aromatic compounds, production 



of, 91, 97 

 Arrak, 86 



Arsenates, reduction of, 100 

 Arsenites, oxidation of, 102 

 Arthus, 288 



phenomenon, 288 

 Articles, unwashable, disinfection 



of, 154 

 washable, disinfection of, 154 

 Articular rheumatism, 240 

 Ase, termination of name of en- 

 zyme, 110 

 Asepsis, 117 

 Aseptic, 117 

 Ash, analysis of, 62 

 Asiatic cholera, 306, 314 



moisture requirement, 51 



outside the body, 234, 235 



path of elimination, 244 

 of entrance, 242 



specificity of location, 245 



transmission of, 238 

 Aspergillus, 21 

 Attenuated, 249 

 Autoclave, air-pressure sterilizer, 



124 

 pressure sterihzer, 123 

 Autogenous vaccines, 283 



in epidemic, 237 

 Autoinfection, 230 

 Autolysis, 112 



self-digestion, 112 

 Autotrophic, 66 

 Available nitrogen, loss of, 99 

 Azotobacter, 47, 104 



AZOBACTERE^, 47 



B 



B. C. G., 250 



Babes-Ernst corpuscles, 29 

 Bacillace^, 45, 47 

 Bacilh, 38 



"acid fast," 206 



butter, 206 



colon, 244, 284 



glanders, 241, 245 



grass, 206 



influenza, 241 



