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Abrin 21, 218 



Achalme, bacillus of, in rheumatic fever 525 



Acne, staphylococcus in 543 



Acquired Immunity (see Immunity, acquired). 

 Active immunity (see Immunity, active). 



Actinomyces bovis et hominis (ray fungus) 25, 629 



Classification of, 630, 631 ; cultivation and morphol- 

 ogy of, 630 ; lungs in, 502 ; occurrence of, in Na- 

 ture, 631 ; resistance of, 630 ; species of, and viru- 

 lence of, 631. 



Actinomycosis 25, 629, 633 



Animals, susceptibility of, to, 629 ; fibrous tissue 

 formation in, 629, 632; immunity and susceptibil- 

 ity to, 632 ; infection atria, 631 : iodid of potassium 

 in, 633 ; lesions, character of. 632 ; phagocytosis in, 

 632 ; prophylaxis of, 632 ; transmission of, 631. 

 Acute articular rheumatism (see Rheumatic fever) . . . 729 



Adrenal gland, cytotoxin for 304 



Agglutination 206, 219 



Of erythrocytes, 218 ; of erythrocytes with silicic acid, 

 244 ; etiology, determined by, 23 ; group agglutina- 

 tion, 224, 227 ; immunity, relation to, 207, 208 ; 

 macroscopic and microscopic, 216, 217 ; prognostic 

 importance of, 209 ; sodium chlorid, influence on, 

 224 ; stages in the reaction, 224 ; substances con- 

 cerned, 216 ; serum dilutions, 227 ; specificity, 225 ; 

 technic, 212 ; theories of mechanism of, 230 ; see 

 also under Agglutinins and under different diseases 

 and micro-organisms. 



Agglutinins 206-218 



Absorption of by bacteria, 347 ; agglutinophprous 

 group, 222 ; auto-agglutinins, 218 ; chief agglutinins, 

 225 ; congenital, 207, 210 ; definition, 219 ; distri- 

 bution of, in the body, 210 ; Ehrlich's theory of the 

 production of, 228 ; ferments, action of, on, 210, 

 221 ; formation of, following vaccination, 377 ; 

 haptophorous group of, 222 ; Hauptagglutinin, 225 ; 

 immune, 174, 207 ; isoagglutinins, 218 ; mixed infec- 

 tions, influence of, on, 227 ; Mitagglutinin, 223 ; 

 normal, 223 ; origin of, 210 ; precipitation of, by 

 chemicals, 221 ; production of, 207 ; receptors of 

 second order, 222 ; resistance to acids and alkalies, 

 223 ; resistance to heat, 211, 222, 223 ; somatic and 

 flagellar, 221 ; specificity of, 206 ; structure of, 222 ; 

 union with cells, character of, 347, 348 ; unit of 

 measure of, 217 ; variations of, in animals, 228 ; 

 variations in the quantity of, 209 ; zvmotoxic group 

 of, 222 ; see Agglutination, Agglutinogens, Agglu- 

 tinoids, and also under the different micro-organ- 

 isms. 

 Agg-lutinogenic power of bacteria 208 



