Index 



585 



of, in the dermis, 406; destruction of 

 toxins by, 427 



Microphages, 77, 78, 79, 148, 152, 154, 

 162, 164, 172, 185, 245, 548; intervene 

 specially against micro-organisms and 

 in acute infections, 177, 196, 206, 549; 

 source of bactericidal substance in body 

 fluids, 187, 195; granular transforma- 

 tion of vibrios inside, 164, 165, 224 (see 

 also Pfeiffer's phenomenon) 



Microsphaera, 18 



Milk, absorption of, 107 ; precipitins in the 

 differentiation of various kinds of, 107, 568 ; 

 of immunised animals, antitoxin in, 356 ; 

 immunity conferred by mother's, 449, 

 450, 452 ; transmission of agglutinative 

 power by, 450 



Milk-sugar, adaptation of yeasts to, 26 



Mithridates, method of protecting himself 

 against poisons, 343 



MoUusca. See also Helix, Phyllirhoe, Thetys 



Mollusca, natural immunity in, 134 ; liver 

 of, an organ of second digestion, 59 



Mongoose, immunity of, against snake 

 venom, 339 



Monkeys, immunised, with poor yield in 

 antitoxin, 373 ; immunisation of, against 

 diphtheria toxin, 373 ; transient acquired 

 immunity against recurrent fever, 434 



Monospora, parasite of Daphnia disease, 

 131, 404, 520 



Morphia, adaptation to, 343 



Mouse, infection of, by swine erysipelas, 

 270, 307, 476 ; the only animal that 

 acquires immunity by suckling, 450, 452 ; 

 acquired immunity of, against typhoid, 

 230 ; natural immunity of, against diph- 

 theria toxin, 204, 339 



Mouse septicaemia, immunity of frog 

 against, 141 ; phagocytosis in, 283 ; ac- 

 quired immunity of rabbit against, 509 



Mouth. See Buccal cavity 



Mucous membranes, immunity of the, 407- 

 432 ; elimination of micro-organisms 

 by the nasal, 410 ; protective function of 

 the genital, 429 



Mycoses, pulmonary, 413 (see also Asper- 

 gillosis) 



My gale. See Spiders 



Myriapods. See Scolopendra 



Myxomycetes, plasmodia of, 30, 545 



Naegeli's theory of immunity, 512 

 Nagana disease, 2, 4, 247, 316 (see Trypano- 



soma) 



Narcosis. See Opium 

 Nasal mucous membrane, elimination of 



organisms by, 410 

 Nepenthes, digestive juice of, 355 

 Nerve centres, susceptibility of, to toxins, 564 

 Neuroglia cells, their phagocytic function, 75 

 Neurotoxin, 116 

 Neutral red, reaction of, 13, 83, 181 



Nuclein as a protective substance, 320 ; 



vaccinal against plague, 490 

 Nucleohiston, preventive action of, on 



diphtheria toxin, 365 

 Nutrition, certain diseases of, probably due 



to a parasite, 3 ; extrabuccal, 67, 69 



Oidium albicans, growth of, in serum of 

 immunised animals, 257 



Omentum, glands of, 85 ; bactericidal 

 power of extracts of, 195 ; phagocytosis 

 of vibrios in, 224 



Opium, its action on leucocytes, 225, 231, 

 236, 306, 307; its influence on immu- 

 nisation by specific serums, 306 ; resist- 

 ance of hedgehog to, 337 



Oryctes nasicornis. See Ehinoceros beetle 



Osmotic pressure, adaptation of plants to, 

 37, 39, 566; as cause of bactericidal 

 action of body fluids, 193, 213 



Ovum in the Graafian follicle, immunity 

 acquired by the, 448 



Oxalic acid, function of, in plants, 37, 566 



Oxydases, 96 



Pancreatic digestion, 60, 63, 65 



Pancreatic juice, antitoxic power of, 424 



Pancreatic secretion, its adaptation to kind 

 of food, 64, 65 



Paralysis, general progressive, and syphilis, 

 435 



Paramaecia, 13, 16, 17, 19 



Parasites in infective diseases, 2, 9 (see 

 also Micro-organisms) 



Pasteur's theory of exhaustion of nutrient 

 medium, 510-512 ; anthrax vaccines, 208, 

 470; modification of Willems' method 

 against pleuropneumonia, 477 ; vaccines 

 against rabies, 462, 463-464 ; and Thuil- 

 lier's vaccines against swine erysipelas, 

 208, 473, 509 



Pepsin in the urine, 65, 97 ; in the blood, 

 66, 563 ; antitoxic function of, 419 ; anti- 

 septic action of, 417 ; chemical composition 

 of, 199 



Pessimism and fear of disease, 1, 569 



Peyer's patches, 61 ; protective function of, 

 428 



Peziza. See Sclerotinia 



Pfaundler's reaction, 259 



Pfeiffer's phenomenon in cholera vibrio, 

 165, 192, 212-226, 251, 267, 268, 280, 

 301-307, 534536; in spirillum of re- 

 current fever, 229 ; in typhoid bacillus, 

 230, 303, 304 ; in Bacillus pyocyaneus, 

 234, 307 ; different hi immunised and in 

 normal fluids, 251; conditions for its 

 manifestation, 252, 253, 295, 534 



Pfeiffer's theory of immunity, 534 



Phagocytes (see also Leucocytes), amoeboid 

 cells with digestive function, 47, 182, 

 547 ; in Sponges, 69 ; in Vertebrata, 73 ; 

 various categories of, 74-79; of Bipin- 



