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INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



Bacterial destruction by heat, 32 



Bacterial emulsion in opsonic determination, 



205, 206 



Bacterial extract, 36-44, 173, 234 

 Bacterial filter, 16, 18 

 Bacterial immunization, 31 

 Bacterial precipitin, 121-124; see under "pre- 



cipitin" 



Bactericidal plate method, 141-143 

 Bacteriolysin, 34, 231 

 Bacteriolysis, 131-143, 232 



demonstration by Pfeiffer's method, 131, 



134-140 



by bactericidal plate method, 141-143 

 in vitro, 132 



explanation of, 133 



necessity of complement for, 132, 133 



phenomenon of, 131, 133 



relation to complement fixation, 153 



specificity of , 131, 133, 134 

 Bacteriotropins, 34, 197, 231, 233 



differentiation from opsonins, 199 



Neuf eld's method of estimation, 213-215 

 Bail's classification of bacteria, 33 

 Basedow's disease, 102 

 Basic silk dyes, 240 

 Bee posion, 96, 100 

 Braneck's tuberculin, 63 

 Bilharziosis, 246 



Biological mercurial therapy, 168-169 

 Blood cells, washing of, 98, 145, 147 

 Blood pressure, fall in diphtheria, 84 

 Blood relationship, 125-126 

 Blood removal, 13 



by wet cups, 13 

 from vein, 13 

 Blood transfusions, 116 

 tests in, 117, 118 

 Bothriocephalus latus, 100 

 Botulism toxin, 88, 89 

 Bovine tuberculin, 71 

 Bovo vaccine, 30, 71 

 Brieger's cachexia (carcinoma) reaction, 102 



Cachexia reaction, 102 

 Canula for obtaining blood, 13 

 Capillary pipettes, 136, 203, 204 

 Carcinoma, 206-220 



chemotherapy of, 255-256 



immunity toward, 216 



serum diagnosis of, 102, 206-220 



transplantation of, 216 

 Casein, 103 



Castellani's test, in, 112 

 Centrifuge rules, 14 



Cerebro-spinal lues, salvarsan therapy, 246 

 Chamberland filter, 17 

 Chemotherapy, 240-256 



group reaction, 241 



in bilharziosis, 246 



in furunculosis orientalis, 246 



in malaria, 246 



in malignant tumors, 255, 256 



in pneumonia, 255 



in syphilis, 245-255 



in trypanosomiasis, 240, 241 



in typhoid fever, 255 



principles 0^240, 241 



Chicken cholera, 26, 36, 41 

 Cholera extract, 44 



serum, 105, 106-108, 131, 132, 143 

 vibrios, 32, 44, 85, 105-115, 134, 135, 



138, 140, 143 

 Cholesterin, 89, 99 

 Classification of bacteria, 23 

 Cobra hemolysis, 97-100 

 immunity, 99, 100 

 toxin, 96, 97-100 

 Coccidiosis, 22 



Coli bacilli, 2, 44, 107, 172, 205, 207, 211 

 Colubrides poison, 96 

 Complement, 171, 174, 200, 231-232 

 definition, 132 



importance of, in bacteriolysis, 132-133 

 multiplicity of, 152 

 preparation of, 148, 174 

 structure of, ,134 

 titration of, 150, 151 

 Complement deviation (Neisser-Wechsberg), 



i43, 232 

 Complement fixation or binding, 152-170, 



171-190 



antigen in, 171, 173 

 antiserum in, 171, 173 

 controls, 174, 175 

 definition, 152 

 demonstration of respective antigens 



by, 155, X 58, i77 

 antibodies by, 156, 174-176 

 of antituberculin, 156, 157, 158, 160 

 method for serum diagnosis, 153 

 principles of, 152, 153, 154, 158 

 reaction with exudates and transu- 



dates, 173 

 relation of, to bacteriolysis, 153, 155 



to precipitation, 155 

 specificity of, 153, 154 

 technique of, method of Bordet 



Gengou, 171-190 

 theories for phenomenon, 156 

 Complement fixation in diseases caused by 



animal parasites, 170, 190 

 in echinococcus disease, 170, 190 

 in epidemic meningitis, 191 

 in gonococcus infections, 191-192 

 in proteid differentiation, 193-195 

 in scarlet fever, 236-237 

 Complement Fixation in syphilis, 163-170, 



178-190 

 antigens in, 165 

 nature of, 166 



lippid extracts, 186, 187, 188 

 guinea pig's heart, 187, 188, 189 

 extract of spirochetes, 166 

 syphilitic liver, 166, 182, 185 

 preparation of, 178, 179 

 titration of, 178, 179, 185 

 development of reaction, 163 

 diseases of nervous system, 164 

 effect of mercurial treatment, 164, 167, 



168 



of salvarsan therapy, 164 

 general principles of, 152, 153, 154, 158 

 guide to prognosis, 169 

 in lues asymptomatica, 165, 167 

 in lues maligna, 169 

 in mothers of syphilitic children, 159 

 in wet nurses, 169 



