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Pneumonia 501, 513 



Agglutination reaction, 512 ; B. pneumoniw in, 572 ; 

 bacteria causing, 501, 502 ; causes, predisposing, 

 508 ; complications, 509, 510, 513 ; contagiousness, 

 507 ; immunity and susceptibility, 161, 510 ; infec- 

 tion atrium and method of infection, 505 ; influenza 

 bacillus in, 566 ; leucocytes, 511 ; metastatic infec- 

 tions, 513 ; phagocytosis, 511 ; meningococcus in, 

 559 ; Micrococcus catarrhalis in, 551, 559 ; mixed 

 infections in, 510 ; polyvalent serum for, 512 ; pro- 

 phylaxis, 510 ; recurrences, 510 ; Roemer's serum, 

 512 ; serum properties, 510 ; serotherapy, 511, 512 ; 

 staphylococcus in, 544 ; streptococcus in, 520, 521, 

 522 ; vaccination, 510 ; see Diplococcus pneumonice 

 and other bacteria enumerated on page 502. 



Pneumotoxin 504 



Poliomyelitis (epidemic) 756-758 



Dissemination. 758 ; experimentally produced, 757 ; 

 micro-organisms in, 757 ; virus distribution of, 757. 



Pollantin 426 



Pollens. 



As cause of hay fever, 425 ; antitoxin for, 426. 



Polyceptors 269 



Polyvalent serums. 



For pneumococcus, 512 : for staphylococcus, 550 ; for 

 streptococcus, 376, 533. 



"Positive phase" following vaccination 377 



Post-mortem invasion 467 



Precipitate 235, 240, 241 



Precipitation reaction 230, 234 



Agglutination, relation to, 230 ; as clinical reaction, 

 234 ; with colloids and electrolytes, 244 ; forensic 

 use of, 174, 241 ; precipitation, group reaction, 

 240, 241 ; meats, differentiation of, 242 ; physical 

 chemistry in the study of, 244 ; specific inhibition, 

 237 ; technic, 241 ; use of in studying reactions of 

 immunity, 350. 



Precipitins 234-244 



Antiprecipitins. 238 : autoprecipitins, 236 ; bacterial, 

 174, 234, 377, 479; formation of, 236; isoprecipi- 

 tins, 236 ; lactoserum, 235 ; phytoprecipitins, 235 ; 

 resistance to ferments, heat, etc.. 237 ; serum pre- 

 cipitins, immune, 174 ; serum precipitins, normal, 

 160 ; structure of, 237 ; zooprecipitins, 235. 



Precipitinogens 235 



Precipitoids 238 



Pregnancy, serum diagnosis 302 



Preparator 263 



Proagglutinoids . 223 



Prophylactic injections, classification of methods 362 



Protective inoculation ; see Vaccination. 



Proteins 364 



Proteosoma in malaria of birds 669 



Prototoxin 196, 353 



Protoxoids 196, 353 



Protozoa, infections with 654, 695 



Pseudodiphtheria bacilli 407, 591 



Pseudoinfluenza bacilli 564 



Pseudotuberculosis of animals 614 



Ptomains in meat 460 



Pyocyanase 172, 423 



Pyocyanin 423 



