CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I PAOB 



Introduction 1 



Immunity and Immunization — Natural and Acquired Immunity — 

 Active and Passive Immunization — Mechanism of the Production of 

 Immunity — History and Development of Immunology. 



CHAPTER II 



Antigens and Antibodies 19 



Toxins and Antitoxins — Agglutinins — Precipitins — Lysins — Isocytoly- 

 sins — Opsonins — Antiferments — Auto-antibodies — Allergy and Ana- 

 phylaxis. 



CHAPTER III 

 Ehrlich's Side-chain Theory 24 



CHAPTER IV 

 Anaphylaxis or Hypersusceptibility 27 



CHAPTER V 



Antisera 34 



Preparation of Antisera — Indications for Therapeutic Use of Antisera. 



CHAPTER VI 



Antitoxic Sera 42 



Antidiphtheritic Serum — Antitetanic Serum — Antigonococcic Serum — 

 Antituberculosis Serum — Antidysenteric Serum — Antibotulism Serum 

 — Antiphytotoxic Serum — Antivenin. 



CHAPTER VII 



Antibacterial Sera 55 



Antistaphylococcic Serum — Antistreptococcic Serum — Antipneumo- 

 coccic Serum — Antigonococcic Serum — Antimeningococcic Serum — 

 Antityphoid Serum — Anticolonic ' Serum — Antidysenteric Serum — 

 Anticholera Serum — Antiplague Serum — Anti-anthrax Serum — Anti- 

 melitensic Serum. 



CHAPTER VIII 



Miscellaneous Sera and Extracts 64 



Antirabic Serum — Antileprosy Serum — Antityphoid Extract of Jez — 

 Leucocytic Extract — Antiferment — Anticarcinomatous Extracts — 

 Pyocyanase — Antithyroid Serum and Extracts — Spangler's Crotalin 

 — Phylacogens. 



CHAPTER IX 



Agglutinins 72 



The Widal Phenomenon and Other Agglutination Reactions. 



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