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Cytolysins, including bacteriolysins and hemoly- 

 sins Constitution of Cytolysins Complement 

 fixation in the diagnosis of disease Opsonins and 

 phagocytosis Detention of opsonin Opsonic index 

 The presence of opsonins in antisera Significance 

 of opsonins in immunity Hypersusceptibility or 

 anaphylaxis Examples of natural anaphylaxis 

 Desensitization Utilization of the anaphy lactic 

 shock in disease diagnosis. 



XXII. MICROORGANISMS OF THE BODY IN HEALTH AND DIS- 

 EASE 305 



Bacteria of the body How bacteria gain admission to 

 the tissues of the body. Infection atria How bac- 

 teria leave the body The types of diseases produced 

 by microorganisms. 



XXIII. NONSEPTIC INFLAMMATION AND SUPPURATION THE 



GENERA STREPTOCOCCUS AND STAPHYLOCOCCUS 309 



Inflammation Suppuration Nonspecific inflamma- 

 tion Streptococcus pyogenes Synonym Mor- 

 phology Distribution Culture Physiology 

 Pathogenesis Focal infections Immunity Sta- 

 phylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus albus 

 Synonyms Morphology and staining characters 

 Distribution Cultural characters Physiology 

 Pathogenesis Immunity . 



XXIV. PNEUMONIA. MENINGITIS AND GONORRHEA THE SPE- 



CIFIC PYOGENIC Cocci THE GENERA DIPLOCOCCUS 



AND NEISSERIA ' 321 



Diplococcus pneumonise Synonyms Distribution 

 Morphology Cultural characters Physiology 

 Pathogenesis Bacteriological diagnosis Immu- 

 nity Neisseria gonorrhoeae Synonyms Mor- 

 phology Culture Physiology Pathogenesis 

 Bacteriological diagnosis Immunity Neisseria 

 meningitidis Synonyms Morphology Physi- 

 ology Pathogenesis Bacteriological diagnosis 

 Immunity. 



XXV. THE COLON-TYPHOID SERIES OF BACTERIA. THE GEN- 

 ERA BACTERIUM AND PROTEUS 331 



The colon or colon aerogenes subgroup of bacteria 

 Bacterium coli Synonym Distribution Morphol- 

 ogy Cultural characters Physiology Pathogene- 

 sis Recognition Intermediate or enteritidis sub- 

 group Bacterium cholerae-suis Synonyms 



