INDEX 



963' 



Monkey, obtaining large amount of blood 



from, 50 

 small amount of blood from, 50 



Mono-fatty-acid-lecithin, 406 



Morbid conditions as predisposing to 

 infection, 103 



Moro and Hamburger's theory of ana- 

 phylaxis, 591 



Moro's percutaneous tuberculin test, 

 628, 640 



Much's psycho-reaction, 410 

 technic, 410 



Mule serum, normal, non-specific com- 

 plement-fixation by, 419 



Miiller and Jochmann's method of test- 

 ing blood-serum, Marcus modification, 

 experimental work, 914 



Multiform rashes in serum disease, 611 



Multiple pipet, 23 



Mycosis fungoides, salvarsan in, 881 



NASAL diphtheria, dosage of antitoxin 



in, 762 

 Nastin, 162 



Negri bodies in rabies, 682 

 Neisser and Wechsberg's method of 

 measuring bactericidal power of blood, 

 371 



Neosalvarsan in syphilis, 852 

 administration, 858 

 effect of, on Wassermann reaction, 



495 



history, 852 

 in concentrated solution, intravenous 



administration, 866 

 intramuscular injection, 875 

 intravenous injection, 858. See also 

 Intravenous injection of neosalvar- 

 san. 

 preparation of dilute solution for 



intravenous injection, 862 

 subdural injection, 875 

 Wile's technic, 876 

 value, 879 

 properties of, 856 

 Nephritis, contraindications to vaccines 



in, 668 



normal serum treatment, 834 

 Nephrotoxic serum, production of, 73 

 Nephrotoxin, 538 



action of, experimental work, 940 

 Neufeld's quantitative estimation of 



bacteriotropins, 203 

 controls, 205 

 culture, 205 

 leukocytes, 204 

 precautions, 206 

 readings, 205 

 serum, 204 



Neurorrhyctes hydrophobias, 682 

 Neurotoxin, 540 



New York Board of Health outfit for 

 collecting blood for Wassermann re- 

 action, 434 



Ninhydrin, 267 



Noguchi's butyric-acid test for protein, 



322 

 globulin reaction, experimental work, 



922 

 luetin reaction, 642. See also Luetin 



reaction. 



method of preparing cowpox virus, 674 

 modification of Wassermann reaction, 



475 

 antigen for, 478 



titration of, 479 

 complement for, 476 

 experimental work, 935 

 fluid to be tested, 480 

 hemolytic amboceptor for, 476 

 human corpuscles for, 476 

 technic, 476 

 test, 480 



Nolf's theory of anaphylaxis, 593 

 Nucleoproteins, production of, 74 

 Nuttall's method of obtaining large 

 amount of blood from rabbit, 43 



OPHTHALMIC mallein, preparation, 648 



reaction, 648 



reaction in typhoid fever, 649 

 Opsonic index, 194 



as diagnostic procedure, 207 



as guide to size and frequency of 

 doses of bacterial vaccines, 208 



bacterial emulsion in, 197 



collection of patient's and control 

 serum, 196 



definition, 194 



determining, experimental work, 910 



in prognosis, 208 



limitation, 195 



practical value, 206 



precautions in technic, 196 



principle, 194 



purpose, 195 



technic, 196 



precautions in, 196 



washed leukocytes in, 198 

 Opsonification, susceptibility to, 192 

 Opsonins, 147, 187, 190 



action of, mechanism, experimental 



work, 908 

 definition of, 191 

 effect of, on bacteria, 192 

 experimental work, 891, 907 

 history of, 190 

 immune, experimental work, 908 



production of, 69 

 in immunity, 193 

 nature of, 191 



normal, experimental work, 907 

 properties of, 191 

 source of, 192 



specificity of, experimental work, 909 

 Oral method of administering diphtheria 



antitoxin, 759 

 route for tuberculin treatment, 728 



