TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGE 

 INTRODUCTION i 



Definitions of immunity and antibody. The law of specificity. The neces- 

 sity of control tests. 



CHAPTER II. 



LABORATORY EQUIPMENT . 7 



General technique. (Technique of injection. The methods of obtaining and 

 preserving serum. Bacterial filtration. Dilutions. Measurement of small 

 amounts of bacteria.) 



CHAPTER III. 



ACTIVE IMMUNITY ' ; - ; ..v'. V .V*:' : V '=. ''-; .-'-. '..". ''.- . ;'.".t'.;. \ . 21 



Immunization with living and dead virus. (Vaccination against small-pox; 

 antirabic vaccination; antityphoid inoculation.) :':%>: 



CHAPTER IV. 



ACTIVE IMMUNITY . . ... 36 



Immunization with bacterial extracts. Aggressin experiments. 



CHAPTER V. 



TUBERCULIN DIAGNOSIS ./'.-..:: ^'^''.. ^:-^'^, : ,\'-,\^'^ : \-. ... 45 



Koch's method; cutaneous reaction; Moro's ointment reaction; intracutaneous 

 reaction; ophthalmo-reaction; the specificity and prognostic value of the 

 tuberculin reactions. Mallein. Tricophytm. 



CHAPTER VI. 



TUBERCULIN THERAPY 60 



The technique of the tuberculin therapy; old tuberculin; new tuberculin; 

 bovine tuberculin. Nastin. 



CHAPTER VII. 



TOXIN AND ANTITOXIN . . . . '.- : . ''. '.'* - . . :,* .: '.'..- .. -^. > V-.". . : . :.-..:. Xi . 74 

 The serum therapy of diphtheria. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



TOXIN AND ANTITOXIN (continued) . . -. , ;. , ^. ',- . ............ 85 



Definition of toxin. Tetanus toxin. Botulism toxin. Dysentery toxin. 

 Staphylolysin. 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE TOXINS or THE HIGHER PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND THEIR ANTIBODIES. FER- 

 MENTS AND ANTIFERMENTS . 95 



Snake poison. Paroxysmal hemoglobinuria. 



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