INDEX 



873 



Ascoli and Izar's miostagmin test, 526. 



See also Miostagmin reaction. 

 Asthma, horse, 578 



in serum treatment, 687 

 Athrepsia, 170 

 Athreptic immunity, 170 

 Atmosphere, bacteria in, 85 

 Atrophy, receptoric, 80, 171 

 Atropin sulphate as preventive of serum 



disease, 576 



Auto-anticomplements, 327 

 Autocytotoxins, 505 

 Autogenous bacterial vaccines, 620 

 Autolysins, 363 

 Autonephrotoxins, 505 

 Autopsies, 815 

 Autoserum treatment, 775 



of acute infectious diseases, 775 



of cancer, 782 



of erysipelas, 776 



of gonorrheal arthritis, 776 



of hydrocele, 782 



of influenza, 776 



of leprosy, 776 



of Malta fever, 776 



of marasmus, 783 



of non-tuberculous effusions, 782 



of pneumonia, 776 



of scarlet fever, 775 



of skin diseases, 775 



of smallpox, 776 



of tuberculosis of serous membranes, 



781 

 of tuberculous meningitis, 782 



pleurisy, 781 

 of typhoid fever, 776 

 salvarsanized, in syphilis of brain, 



776 



after-treatment, 780 

 repeating dose, 780 

 serobiologic findings in cere- 



brospinal fluid, 780 

 technic, 778 

 Autumnal catarrh, 242 

 Ayer and Gay's method of titration of 

 bacteriolytic complement, ^334 



BACILLEN emulsion, tuberculin, prepara- 

 tion, 666 

 Bacillus, acid-fast, fixing and staining. 



197 



bptulinus, 116 

 diphtheria, 112 



virulence and toxicity, method of 



testing, 818 

 dysentery, 116 

 tetanus, 115 



tubercle, living, in treatment of tuber- 

 culosis, 669 

 Bacteremia, 93 

 Bacteria, 83 



agglutination reaction in identification 



of, 277 

 aggressiveness of, 95 



Bacteria, Bail's classification, 124 



defensive mechanism of, in relation 



to infection, 102 

 effect of opsonins on, 189 

 fixing and staining, 197 

 in atmosphere, 85 

 in foods, 85 

 in milk, 85 

 in placenta, 86, 90 

 in water, 85 

 mechanical action, 108, 131 



experimental action, 826 

 morphologic changes, in relation to 



infection, 102 



non-agglutinable species, 274 

 non-pathogenic, 84 

 numeric relationship, to infection, 99 

 on skin, 85, 87 

 pathogenic, 83, 84 

 physiologic changes, in relation to 



infection, 102 

 recovered from feces, water-supplies, 



etc., bacteriolytic test for identifi- 

 cation, 343 

 toxicity of, 94, 95 



transmission of, by suctorial insects, 86 

 virulence of, 94 



decrease, 95 



increase, 96 



by addition of animal fluids to 



culture-medium, 97 

 by passage through animals, 96 

 by use of collodion sacs, 97 

 Bacteria-free filtration, preservation of 



serum by, 76 

 Bacterial anaphylactogens, 547 



antigens, identification of, comple- 

 ment-fixation test for, 498 



preparation, in complement fixa- 

 tion, 473 



principles of complement fixation 

 \vith, 476 



standardizing, for complement fixa- 

 tion, 475 

 diseases, chemotherapy in, 811 



complement fixation in, 473 

 emulsion in opsonic index, 194 

 ferments, 244 

 invasion, factors preventing, 90 



mechanism, 91 



normal defenses against, 90 

 precipitinogens, preparation, 313 

 precipitins, experimental work, 846 



precipitin test with, 298 

 technic, 313 



production of, 71 

 proteins, 108, 126 



action, 128 



experimental work, 824 



nature, 127 



Vaughan's theory, 128 

 split proteins, 126 

 toxins, 108. See also Toxins. 

 vaccines, 206, 613. See also Vaccines, 



bacterial. 



