Xll TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IX. 



PAGE. 



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

 MENTS AND ANTIFERMENTS 87 



Hay fever. Snake poison. Paroxysmal hemoglobinuria. 



CHAPTER X. 



AGGLUTINATION 97 



Macroscopic test, microscopic test. Group agglutination. 



CHAPTER XI. 



PRECIPITINS 108 



Bacterial precipitation. Proteid precipitation. 



CHAPTER XII. 



BACTERIOLYSINS AND HEMOLYSINS (CYTOLYSINS) 118 



Technique of bacteriolytic tests. Pfeiffer's phenomenon. Bactericidal test 

 by plate method of Neisser and Wechsberg. Hemolysins. Cytolysins. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



METHOD OF COMPLEMENT FIXATION 139 



Principles of this method. Antituberculin. Ehrlich's side-chain theory. 

 Serum diagnosis of syphilis and diseases caused by animal parasites. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



TECHNIQUE OF THE COMPLEMENT FIXATION METHOD 155 



The original method of Bordet-Gengou, Wassermann-Bruck's modification. 

 The technique of the serum diagnosis of syphilis. Echinococcus disease. 

 The differentiation of proteids according to Neisser-Sachs. 



CHAPTER XV. 



PHAGOCYTOSIS. OPSONINS AND BACTERIOTROPINS 174 



Technique of opsonic index determination and of Wright's vaccine treatment. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



PASSIVE IMMUNITY. (SERUM THERAPY) 192 



Bacteriolytic sera. Serum sickness. Anaphylaxis. Special serum therapy. 



INDEX 203 



