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Periostitis albuminosa 545 



Periostitis, staphylococcus in 545 



Peritonitis. 



Colon bacillus in, 468 ; by influenza bacillus, 566, 

 567 ; pneumococcus in, 513, 514 ; staphylococcus in, 

 544 ; streptococcus in, 520, 523 ; tuberculous, 587. 

 Pertussis ; see Whooping-cough. 



Pfeiffer's phenomenon 210, 246 



In indentifying the vibrio of cholera, 471 ; r61e of 



leucocytes in, 318. 



Phagocytic (Metchnikoff's) theory of immunity ... .306, 331 

 Comparison of, with the side-chain theory of Ehrlich, 

 356, 357 ; see Phagocytosis. 



Phagocytosis 9, 146, 306-331, 354 



In active immunity, 168, 169, 324, 325 ; chemotaxis 

 in, 307. 315 ; fixators, influence of, 320 ; in inflam- 

 mations, 145 ; intestinal, 143, 307 ; intravascular, 

 318 ; leucocidin, influence of, 539 ; in nutrition, 

 302 ; in passive immunity, 169 ; relation of to viru- 

 lence of bacteria, 314, 317 ; in resorption, 308 ; 

 serum, influence of. 317 ; in vitro, 153 ; see under 

 the individual micro-organisms and diseases ; see 

 Opsonins. 



Phag-olysis 311, 312, 318, 320 



Phallin 428 



Phrynolysin 431 



Phytoprecipitins 235 



Placental transmission 60 



Playiomonas urinaria 694 



Plague 25, 481-492 



Agglutination reaction, 492 ; animals, susceptibility of, 

 484 ; contagiousness, 487 ; diagnosis, bacteriologic 

 488 ; dissemination of bacillus by urine, feces, 

 sputum, 487 ; epidemiology. 487, 488 ; foci of, 485 ; 

 immunity, 161, 169, 489, 490 ; infection atria, 487 ; 

 mixed immunization in, 489 ; mixed infection in, 

 488 ; occurrence, 481 ; houses, 487 ; prophylaxis, 

 488 ; in rats, 486 ; serum therapy, 490, 491 ; trans- 

 mission by fleas, 486 ; transmission from rat to man, 

 486, 487 ; vaccination, 166, 362, 389 ; vaccines, 489, 

 490; see Bacillus pestis. 



Plasmin of Buchner 179, 363 



Plasmodia of malaria 25, 654 



Anopheles mosquito as host of, 24, 655 : asexual 

 cycle, 656 ; development in anopheles, 656 ; devel- 

 opment in man, 655 : discovery of, 654 ; flagella of. 

 654 ; macrogamete. 656 : merozoites. 656 ; methylene 

 blue, effect of. 661 ; microgamete, 656 ; microgame- 

 tocyte. 656 ; oocyst. 657 ; ookinet, 657 ; schizogony, 

 656, 660 ; sexual cycle, 656 ; species of, 655 ; sperma- 

 tozoites, 654 ; sporocyte, 656 ; sporogony, 657 ; 

 sporozoites, 657 ; see Malaria. 



Plasmodium malaria 655 



Relation to clinical symptoms, 659 ; sexual and asex- 

 ual cycles of, 656 ; virulence, 660. 



Plasmodium prwcox 655 



Relation to clinical symptoms, 659 ; sexual and asex- 

 ual cycles of, 658 ; virulence, 660. 



Plasmodium vivax 655 



Asexual cycle of. 650 ; relation of to clinical symp- 

 toms, 659 ; sexual cycle of, 656 ; virulence, 660. 

 Pneumococcus ; see Diplococcus pneumoniw. 



