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INDEX 



Verruca plana, salvarsan in, 811 

 Vincent's angina, salvarsan in, 810 

 Virulence of bacteria, 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 

 Virus fixe" of rabies, 143, 640 

 Vomiting of pregnancy, normal serum 



treatment, 773 

 von Dungern's complement-fixation test 



in cancer, 500 

 modification of Wasserman reaction, 



459 

 von Pirquet's cutaneous tuberculin test, 



587, 596 

 in animals, 601 

 studies on anaphylaxis, 533 

 von Ruck's tuberculin, preparation, 666 

 Vulva, diphtheria of, dosage of antitoxin 



in, 711 



Vulvovaginitis of children, vaccine 

 therapy, 659 



WASHED leukocytes in opsonic index, 195 



Washing erythrocytes, 28 



Wassermann reaction after anesthesia, 



466 



Colics' law and, 464 

 in cerebral syphilis, 462 

 in congenital mental deficiency, 465 



syphilis, 463, 464 

 in frambesia, 465, 466 

 in general paralysis, 462 

 in latent syphilis, 462 

 in leprosy, 465, 466 

 in malaria, 465 

 in paralytic dementia, 462 

 in parasyphilitic diseases, 462 

 in pellagra, 466 

 in primary syphilis, 459 

 in relapsing fever, 465 

 in scarlet fever, 465 

 in secondary syphilis, 460 

 in syphilis, 401 



acetone-insoluble lipoids for, 422 

 alcoholic extracts of normal or- 

 gans for, 420 

 reenforced with cholesterin 



for, 421 



of syphilitic livers for, 420 

 antigen for, 417 



anticomplementary titration 



428 



antigenic titration, 431 

 experimental work, 856 

 hemolytic titration, 430 

 method of diluting, 427 



titrating, 428 

 preparation, 419 

 antigenic dose of serum, 418 

 antisheep amboceptor for, 415 



Wassermann reaction in syphilis, aque- 

 ous extract of pallidum cul- 

 ture for, 424 

 of syphilitic livers for, 419 



as colloidal reaction, 520 



Bauer's modification, 456 



Browning and Mackenzie's modi- 

 fication, 459 



cerebrospinal fluid for, 411 



collecting blood for, 408 



New York Board of Health 

 outfit, 410 



Colles' law and, 464 



comparative antigenic values of 

 various extracts, 424 



complement for, 411 

 titration, 413 



congenital, 463, 464 



Detre and Brezovsky's modifica- 

 tion, 459 



doses of serum in, 411 



effect of mercury treatment on, 



466 



of neosalvarsan on, 469 

 of salvarsan on, 469 

 of treatment on, 466 



erythrocytes for, 416 



experimental work, 857, 858 



first method, 432 

 technic, 435 



fluid to be tested, 408 



fourth method, 434 



reading results, 449 

 technic, 446 



glassware for, 407 



guinea-pig complement serum 

 for, 412 



Hecht-Weinberg modification, 457 



hemolytic amboceptor for, 415 



history, 401 



latent, 462 



lecithin and cholesterin for, 423 



methods for conducting, 432 



modifications, 449 



Noguchi's modification, 449. See 

 also Noguchi's modification. 



original, 432, 435 

 technic of, 435 



pipets for, 407 



practical value, 469 



primary, 459 



principles and theories, 404 



Profeta's law and, 464 



provocatory stimulation, 469 



reading and recording, 439 



red blood-corpuscles for, 416 



relation of lipoids to, 522 



second method, 433 



reading results, 442 

 technic, 441 



secondary, 460 



serum for, 408 



specificity, 465 



Stern's modification, 458 



Tchernogubou's modification, 458 



