CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XIII 



PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION 



Antitoxic Immunization ^ . 231 



Against Diphtheria 232 



Against Tetanus 244 



Against Dysentery 248 



Against Cholera ............... 249 



Against Typhoid Fever 250 



Against Plague . . .... . , . 251 



Bacteriolytic-bacteriotropic Immunization 251 



Against Meningococcus Meningitis . , 251 



Against Streptococcus Infections . . 255 



Against Pneumococcus Infections . 261 



Against Staphylococcus Infections 263 



Against Gonococcus Infections '. . 264 



Autoserum Therapy 264 



Normal Serum Therapy . . ... 267 



Bibliography . _. 268 



CHAPTER XIV 



CHEMOTHERAPY 



Chemotherapy . .... . . . . . . . . . . , . . 271 



Salvarsan and its Uses in Syphilis -.. . . . . . 277 



Neosalvarsan . 280 



Salvarsan and Its Uses in Non-syphilitic Maladies ....... 288 



Chemotherapy in Bacterial Infections 289 



Chemotherapy in Malignant Disease . , . . . -. 290 



Bibliography 293 



CHAPTER XV 

 THE APPLICATION OF IMMUNOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES TO DIAGNOSIS 



The Agglutination Reaction . ... . . . . ... . . . 295 



The Widal Reaction 297 



Bacteriolytic Reactions 301 



Diagnostic Reactions Depending upon Complement Fixation .... 303 



The Wassermann Reaction 304 



Precipitin Reactions ' 320 



The Biological Blood-test . . . ....-; . 321 



Ferment Reactions 323 



Abderhalden's Pregnancy Test . 323 



Ferment Reactions in Other Pathological Conditions .... 329 



Allergic Reactions 330 



The Tuberculin Test 331 



The Luetin Reaction . 338 



The Gonococcus Reactions 341 



Bibliography , 342 



