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INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Alexin (syn. Bactericidal Property; Bac- 

 tericidal Substance; Complement 

 (Ehrlich), q. v.) 



absorption and the antagonistic 

 power of serum, 398. 



in normal serum, 89, 101, 135, 170. 



Action of, 149, 161, 174, 189. 



Action of, on its proper corpuscles, 

 173, 187, 198, 333. 



Antitoxin for (see Anti-alexin}. 



Comparison of combining and toxic 

 properties of, 340. 



Death of infection not due to lack 

 of, 226. 



Effect of decalcification on, 435. 



Ehrlich's phenomenon in union of, 

 with anti-alexin, 268, 271. 



Evidence for multiplicity of, 237, 238. 



Justification of term, 187. 



Mode of union with anti-alexin, 268. 



Pfeiffer's conception of, 213. 



Reactivation of heated serum by, 

 137, 138. 



Relation of, to opsonins, 390. 



Relation of, to sensitizing substance, 



172, 214, 229, 234, 239, 334, 357, 

 363, 368, 387, 403, 440, 511. 



Union of, with sensitized cells, 196, 



261, 337, 365. 

 Unity of, in a given serum, 140, 189, 



211,216, 219, 328, 235, 382, 405, 507. 

 Variations in, from different animals, 



173, 187, 198, 333, 507. 



Alexin Deviation (syn. N eisser-W echs- 

 berg Phenomenon; Complement De- 

 viation) 



due to serum precipitates, 355, 358. 



in hemolysis, 299, 357. 



Incorrect explanations of, 352, 366. 

 Alexin Fixation 



by serum precipitates, 346. 



on sensitized cells, 190, 219, 230, 234, 

 244, 261, 363, 365, 398, 510. 



Antagonistic effect of normal serum 

 on, 351, 352, 398, 402, 410, 509. 



Effect of sodium citrate on, 404, 512. 



Inhibition of, by antisensitzer, 287. 



Relation of normal amboceptors to, 

 399. 



(see also Fixation Reaction; Molecular 



Adhesion). 

 Alum 



Agglutination of bacteria by, 432. 

 Amboceptor (Ehrlich and Morgenroth 

 syn. for Sensitizing Substance), 230, 

 233, 340, 363, 388, 458, 459, 510. 



Normal, as cause of non-fixation of 



alexin, 399. 

 Amphophiles 



in peritoneal exudate, 33, 54. 



Importance of, in phagocytosis, 10. 



Antagonistic Property of Normal Serum, 



see Normal Serum. 



Anthrax Bacillus, see Bacillus Anthracis. 

 Anti-Agglutinins 



in antihematic sera, 176, 205. 

 Reaction of normal and immune 



agglutinins to, 290. 

 Anti-Alexin, 198, 448. 



Action of, on alexin, 203, 204, 205, 



216, 268, 519. 

 Antihemolytic and antibactericidal 



effect of, 201, 216. 

 Effect of heat on, 199. 

 Ehrlich's phenomenon in mixtures 



of, and alexin, 268, 271. 

 Equilibrium between, and alexin, 274. 

 Specificity of, 200, 202, 216. 

 Anti-Antibodies, 280, 306 (see Antisen- 



sitizers; A nti-agglutinins ) . 

 Antibactericidal Effect, see under Anti- 

 alexin; Antihemotoxic Serum; An- 



tih/tic Properties of Normal Serum. 

 Antibodies 



Classification of, 501. 



Relation of, to receptors, 296, 301, 



305, 497. 

 Relation of origin of, to their action, 



280. 

 Union of, with antigen, 440, 501, 506. 



515, 523. 

 (see Preventive Substance; Immune 



Bodies; Sensitizing Substance; Pre- 



cipitins; Agglutinins; Amboceptors). 

 Anticholera Serum (as type of Bacteri- 



olytic Sera). 

 Action of, on cholera vibrio, 22, 29, 



44, 47, 65, 173. 



Agglutination of vibrios by, 65, 97, 103. 

 Analogies between, and hemolytic 



sera, 140. 



Diagnosis of vibrios by, 60, 94. 

 Effect of, on leucocytes, 51 et seq. 

 Effect of, on chemiotaxis, 52, 80. 

 Effect of heat and conservation on, 



47, 58, 59, 65, 66, 69. 

 Formation of specific precipitates 



with, 145. 



Preventive substance in, 51 et seq. 

 Specificity of, 94, 97. 

 (see also V. cholerce; Pfeiffer's Phe- 

 nomenon). 

 Anticorpuscular Serum (syn. Hemoly- 



sin; Hemolytic Serum; Hemotoxin). 

 Antigens, 250, 523. 



Accessory nature of, 526 et seq. 

 Union of, with antibodies, 440, 501, 



506, 515, 523. 

 Antihematic Serum (syn. Hemolytic 



Serum, q. v.) 

 Antitoxic properties of , 175, 185, 186, 



197 (see also Antihemotoxic Serum). 



