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INDEX 



Natural hemolysins, fixation of comple- 

 ment of, 182 

 immunity, 16 



classification of, 18 



family, 20 



individual, 20 



inherited, 20 



racial, 18 



species, 18 



Neisser-Wechsberg phenomenon, 147 

 Normal serum, therapeutic use of, 270 



Opsonins, 158 



as " facultative " amboceptor, 161 

 experimental demonstration of, 159 

 for cells other than bacteria, 162 

 immune, 161 

 normal, 159 



specificity and other characters of, 

 163 



Ozena, vaccine treatment of, 299 



Parasite and host, mutual relations of, I 

 Parasitic protozoa, poisons of, 75 

 Parasitism, half parasites, 2 

 pure parasites, 2 



saprophytes, 2 

 Paratyphoid fever, vaccination against, 



285 



vaccine treatment of, 302 

 Pertussis, vaccination against, 294 

 vaccine treatment of, 300 

 Pfeiffer phenomenon, 144 



demonstration of, 145 

 Phagocytic cells, influences operating 



upon, 165 

 types of, 153 

 Phagocytosis, 151 



analysis of mechanism of, 165 

 digestion of bacteria in, 153 

 experimental demonstration of, 155 

 functions of, 154 

 influence of phagocyte and ingested 



elements on, 163 

 of temperature on, 157 

 ingestion of foreign body in, 153 

 mechanism of, 155 

 physical basis of, 156 

 process of, 152 



relation of bacterial virulence to, 164 

 surface tension in, 156 

 Phagolysis, 155 

 Phasin, 71 

 Phytotoxins, 69 

 Plague, 260 



serum therapy of, 260 

 vaccination against, 293 

 Plant pollens, 231 

 Pneumococcus infections, 256 



cutaneous reaction to, 243 

 Pneumonia, serum treatment of, 256 

 vaccination against, 292 

 vaccine treatment of, 300 

 Pneumotoxin, 243 

 Poisonous fish, 75 



substances, production of, 6 



Poisons, bees, wasps and hornets, 74 



centipedes, 74 



duck-bill platypus, 76 



of parasitic protozoa, 75 



scorpion, 74 



spider, 74 



toads, frogs and salamanders, 75 



vegetable, 69 

 Poliomyelitis, acute anterior, serum 



therapy of, 268 

 Pollantin, 233 

 Precipitation, 106 



biological relationships based on, in 



delicacy of, 109 



experimental demonstration of, 108 



functions of in immunity, 114 



nature of reaction of, 107 



organ specificity of, 112 



physical basis of, 109 



practical application of, no 

 Precipitin test in game laws, 1 14 

 Pregnancy, Abderhalden test, 249 



cutaneous reaction in, 244 

 Prophylactic vaccination, 272 

 Proteases, technic of determining, 247 

 Proteins, poisonous bacterial, 7 

 Ptomains, 6 



Pyelitis, vaccine treatment of, 298 

 Pyemia, 13 



Rabic vaccine, preparation of, 283 

 Rabies, active immunization in, 283 



vaccination against, 282 

 Resistance, factors operating against, 14 

 Rhinitis, vaccine treatment of, 299 

 Ricin, 70 



Rinderpest, serum treatment of, 269 

 Ringworm, vaccine treatment of, 299 . 

 Robin, 71 



Sapremia, 13 



Septicemia, 13 



Serum, anti-anthrax, 259 



anti-bacterial, in treatment of diph- 

 theria carriers, 262 



anti-cholera, 258 



anti-gonococcus, 263 



anti-hog-cholera, 270 



anti-meningococcus, 254 



anti-plague, 260 



anti-pneumococcus, 256 



anti-poliomyelitis, 268 



anti-streptococcus, 253 



disease, accelerated reaction, 229 



delayed reaction, 228 

 Smallpox vaccination, 278 



methods of, 280 



vaccine, preparation of, 279 

 Sporotrichosis, cutaneous reaction in, 244 

 Streptococcus infections, serum therapy 



of, 253 



Suppurative nephritis, vaccine treat- 

 ment of, 298 



Syphilis, auto-serum therapy in, 265 

 Syphilitic amboceptor, 190 

 nature of, 191 



antigen, nature of, 189 



