840 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



Ptomains, 45, 185, 306 



bacterial poisons and, 185 



discovery of, 185 



occurrence of, 185 



toxins distinguished from, 45 



varieties of, 45 

 Pus, bacteriological examination of, 



175 



Pus cells and leucocytes in milk, 706 

 Putrefaction, action of, 44 

 Putrefactive bacteria, quantitative an- 

 alysis of, 21 

 Putrescin, 45 



Pyemia, definition of, 184 

 Pyocyanase, 580 



immunizing powers of, 580 

 Pyocyanin, 578 

 Pyocyanolysin, 581 

 Pyrogallic acid, use of, in cultivation 



of anaerobic bacteria, 152 



QUARTAN fever, parasite of, 770 



symptoms of, 776 

 Quinine, blackwater fever precipitated 



by, 786 



RABIES, 646 

 course of, 647 

 in animals, 647 

 in men, 648 

 cultivation of organism of, by Nogu- 



chi, 651 



diagnosis of, by presence of Negri 

 bodies in central nervous system, 

 648-650 



experimental infection of, 646 

 incubation in, 647 



Negri bodies in central nervous sys- 

 tem, 648 

 demonstration of, 648 



by Van Gieson's method, 649 

 by Williams and Lowden's meth- 

 od, 650 

 staining in, 649 



Mann's method of, 649 

 diagnosis by, 649-650 



Rabies, occurrence of, 646 

 pathology of, 648 



specific therapy of (Pasteur's tech- 

 nique), 652 

 attenuation and preparation of 



virus fixe in, 652 

 inoculation of rabbits with virus 



fixe in, 652 

 spinal cord of inoculated rabbits 



in desiccation of, 653 

 emulsification of, 654 

 treatment of cases with injections 

 of spinal-cord solution in, 654 

 Hb'gyes dilution method in, 656 

 scheme of, used at Pasteur In- 

 stitute, 654 

 used in New York Department 



of Health, 655 

 virulence of virus of, 647 

 Racial immunity, 191 

 "Rage." See Rabies 

 Rat, relation of, to plague, 560 

 Rat-bite fever, 617 

 Rat leprosy, 510 



relation of, to human leprosy, 511 

 Rauschbrand. See Bacillus of sympto- 

 matic anthrax 



Receptors of toxin molecule in side- 

 chain theory, 213 

 chemical action 'of, 213 

 over-production of, 214 

 Red blood cells, antibodies produced by, 



200 



Reducing powers of bacteria, 167 

 Refractive index of parts of bacterial 



cell, 24 



Reichel filter, 122 



Reichert's thermo-regulator, 158, 159 

 Relapsing fever, 605 

 immunity in, 610 

 symptoms of, 608 

 transmission of, 610 

 varieties of, 609 

 Relapsing fever spirochsete, 605 

 cultivation of, 606 

 morphology and staining of, 605 

 pathogenicity of, 608 

 in animals, 608 



