INDEX 



Abderhalden, building-stone theory 



of, 30 

 Abrin, 70 



Acquired immunity, 21 

 actively, 22 

 artificially, 22 

 naturally, 21 

 Agglutinability of bacteria, alterations 



of, 92 



Agglutination, group reactions, 85 

 influence of electrolytes on, 90 

 of heat on, 89 

 of hydrogen, ion concentration 



on, 91 



inhibition zones in, 89 

 mechanism of, 91 

 physical basis of, 93 

 Agglutinins, absorption of, 86 

 bacterial, 79 

 immune, 80 



production of, 80 

 macroscopic titration of, 83 

 main, 80 

 major, 80 



microscopic titration of, 84 

 minor, 80 

 nature of, 92 

 normal, 80 

 partial, 80 



preliminary titration of, 82 

 production of anti-typhoid, 81 

 specificity of, 85 

 Aggressins, 4 



Amboceptor, activation of by comple- 

 ment, 181 

 and complement in normal hemo- 



lysins, proportions of, 135 

 partial, 123 

 Anaphylactic poisons, 218 



shock, blood pressure in, 214 



coagulability of blood in, 215 

 distention of lungs in, 213 

 ferments in, 215 

 in guinea-pigs, 212 

 in man, 230 

 metabolism in, 214 

 methods of preventing, 216 

 Anaphylactoid phenomena, 224 

 Anaphylatoxin, 219 

 Anaphylaxis, 209 



cellular theories of, 220 

 cross reactions in, 217 

 group reactions in, 217 

 intoxicating injection in, 211 

 passive, 216 



period of. incubation in, 211 

 physical theories of, 222 

 reaction, 212 

 sensitization in. 210 



Anaphylaxis, specificity of, 217 



theories of, 218 



Anthrax, serum therapy of, 259 

 Anti-aggressins, 5 

 Anti-amboceptors, 136 

 Anti-anaphylaxis, 215 

 Antibodies, Bordet antibody, 170 

 leucocyte antibody, 168 

 production at site of injection, 35 

 Antibody, definition of, 22 

 formation, site of, 33 

 Anti-complementary action of cells, 



tissue extracts and body-fluids, 183 

 Anti-complements, 137 

 Anticorps leucocytaire, 168 

 Anti-dysentery sera, therapeutic use 



of, 63. 

 Antiferment, 248 



determination in blood serum, 249 

 Antiferment-ferment balance, 247 

 Antigen, definition of, 22 

 Anti-rabic vaccination, effects of, 284 

 in man, 284 

 results of, 285 

 Antitoxins, formation of, 41 



influence of temperature on, 43 

 nature of, 43 

 Anti-typhoid vaccination, complications 



of, 290 



contraindications to, 291 

 duration of protection in, 290 

 method of, 287 

 prophylactic value of, 288 

 Asthma, cutaneous tests in, 234 



vaccine treatment of, 299 

 Auto-serum therapy, 264 

 in syphilis, 265 



Bacteremia, 13 



Bacterial precipitins, production of, 108 



products, immunization with, 24 



toxins, classification of, 40 



vaccine, definition of, 273 

 killed, 275 

 preparation of, 275 

 Bacteriolysins, 144 

 Bacteriolysis, bioscopic method for, 149 



Buxton's method for, 148 



in vitro, 146 



Wright's method for, 147 

 Bacteriotropins, 162 

 Bleeding a rabbit, 83 



a guinea-pig, 127 

 Blood antigen, 117 



groups classification, Jansky, 99 

 Moss, lop 



serum, therapeutic employment of, 

 252 



transfusion, reactions to, 105 



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