870 



INDEX 



production of, intravenous 

 method, 68 

 properties, 270 

 specificity, 271 

 Agglutinogen, 269 



experimental work, 843 

 Agglutinoids, 268 

 Agglutinoscope, 288 

 Aggressins, 108, 122, 182 

 anti-, 126 

 artificial, 103, 125 

 in relation to infection, 103 

 natural, 125 



experimental work, 824 

 nature of, 124 * 

 Albuminolysin, 553 



Alcoholic extracts of normal organs 

 for- Wassermann reaction, 

 420 

 reenforced with cholesterin for 



Wassermann reaction, 421 

 of syphilitic livers for Wassermann 



reaction, 420 



Aleppo boil, salvarsan in, 811 

 Aleuronat, preparation of, 339 

 Alexin. See Complement. 

 Allergen, 536, 543 

 Allergic reactions, 582. See also Ana- 



phylactic reaction. 

 Allergin, 552 

 Allergy, 534, 536 

 Amboceptoids, 321 

 Amboceptor, 154, 157, 185, 316, 319, 326, 



337, 338 



and complement, quantitative rela- 

 tionship, 374 

 anti-, 325 

 bacteriolytic, 155, 319 



titration of, 325 

 formation, 322 

 hemolytic, 319, 362 



and complement, quantitative re- 

 lationship, 374 



for Noguchi's modification of Was- 

 sermann reaction, 451 

 for Wassermann reaction, 415 

 preservation of, 79 

 titration of, 325 



experimental work, 848 

 history, 319 

 mechanism of action, 321 



experimental work, 851 

 native, 324 

 natural, 324 

 properties, 321 



experimental work, 851 

 quantitative estimation, 325 

 r61e of, in hemolysis, experimental 



work, 850 

 specificity, 323 



experimental work, 850 

 structure, 320 

 unit of serum, 374 

 Amebadiastase, 183 

 Amorphous colloids, 512 



Ampules, vaccine, conversion of test- 

 tubes into, 24 



making of, 24 

 Anaphylactic reactions, 582 



as measure of immunity, 610 



experimental work, 867 



in diphtheria, 609 



in gonococcus infections, 609 



in leprosy, 610 



in pregnancy, 610 



in sporotrichosis, 610 



in typhoid fever, 607 



prognostic value, 610 

 Anaphylactin, 552, 557, 563 

 nature, 553 

 terminology, 552 

 Anaphylactogens, 536, 542, 543 

 bacterial, 547 

 endotoxins as, 548 

 non-protein, 543 

 physical state, 546 

 protein, chemistry of, 544 

 Anaphylactotoxins, 542 

 Anaphylatoxin, 536, 548 

 Anaphylaxis, 531 



accelerated, in infectious diseases, 568 



antibody, 552, 563 



Arthus phenomenon, 533 



Besredka's theory, 557 



cellular theory, 555 



chronic, 540 



definition, 535 



experimental work, 864 



fall in blood-pressure in, 541, 542 



Friedberger's theory, 558 



Gay and Southard's theory, 557 



Hamburger and Moro's theory, 556 



heterologous, 559 



history, 532 



homologous, 559 



immediate, in infectious diseases, 568 



in cats, 539 



in cold-blooded animals, 541 



in cows, 541 



in dogs, 540 



experimental work, 865 

 in guinea-pig, 537 



experimental work, 864 

 in hens, 541 

 in horse, 541 

 in man, 537 

 in pigeons, 541 

 in rabbits, 539 

 in relation to immunity, 565 



to infection, 565 

 in serum treatment, 686 

 in sheep, 541 

 in white mice, 540 



rats, 540 

 indirect, 543 

 lipoid, 544 

 mechanism, 541, 561 

 nature of, experimental work, 865 

 Nolf's theory, 558 

 passive, 548, 559 



