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INDEX 



U 



Ulcerative endocarditis, 332 

 Ulcus serpens, treatment. of, 366 

 Unitarian theory of complement, 152 

 Unit of toxin, 72 ; of antitoxin, 72 

 Uraemia, cytolytic theory of, 192 



Vaccine treatment : for gonococcic 

 diseases, 370 ; for Malta fever, 375 ; 

 for meningitis, 374 ; for pneumo- 

 coccic diseases, 366 ; for staphylo- 

 coccic diseases, 359 ; for strepto- 

 coccic diseases. 362 ; theory of, 276 ; 

 tubercle (see Tuberculin) 



Vaccines : chemical, 25, 39 ; of dead 

 bacteria, 24 ; dosage of, 24 ; method 

 of preparation, 1 8 



Vaccinia, 22 



Venom (snake), '155 



Vibrio, Nasik, 41 



Vibrio Metchnikovi, bacteriolysis of, 



173 



Vibrio Nordhafen, bacteriolysis of, 174 

 Virulence, 14 ; capsule formation, 

 effect of, on, 343 ; changes in, 15, 17 ; 

 diminution in, methods of produc- 

 tion, 18 ; increase in, methods of 

 production, 15, 17, 219; influence 

 on phagocytosis, 295 ; mechanism 

 of, 343 



Virus (see Glossary), 22 ; fixed, 15 ; of 

 the streets, 15 



W 



Wassermann's reaction, 416 

 Wet, in causation of disease. 9 

 Widal reaction, 389 



Zones of inhibition, 216 



Zoological affinities : immunity in re- 

 lation to, 8 ; relations to precipitins, 

 234 



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