CONTENTS 7 



CHAPTER IX PAGE 



PROTOZOA AND DISEASES CAUSED BY PROTOZOA 58 



CHAPTER X 



ANTISEPTICS, DISINFECTANTS, AND GERMICIDES 60 



Disinfectants and Antiseptics 61 



CHAPTER XI 



SUSCEPTIBILITY AND INFECTION 68 



Transmission of Infection 72 



Prevention of Infection 73 



General Precautions for Nurses 73 



Special Precautions: Disinfection and Fumigation 75 



CHAPTER XII 



IMMUNITY 80 



The Causes and Mechanism of Immunity 81 



Acquired Immunity 81 



Inherited Immunity 85 



Methods of Producing Active Acquired Immunity 85 



CHAPTER XIII 



SERUM THERAPY AND VACCINE THERAPY, ANTITOXINS, SERUMS, 



AND VACCINES 88 



Serum Therapy 88 



Antitoxin 89 



Vaccine or Opsonic Therapy 100 



Bacteriovaccines 103 



CHAPTER XIV 



SERUM DIAGNOSIS 115 



The Tuberculin Test 115 



The Widal Test for Typhoid Fever 118 



Typhoid Ophthalmoreaction 119 



The Wassermann Test for Syphilis 120 



CHAPTER XV 



ANAPHYLAXIS 123 



