Index 



587 



Protective property, origin of, in serums 

 and other fluids, 291-294; differs from 

 agglutinative, 268, 269, 294; of blood and 

 other fluids in convalescents, 437-444 



Protective action of normal serums, 317- 

 320 ; of fats against toxins, 387 ; of leu- 

 cocytes against poisons, 393-400; of flow 

 of a fluid, 431 



Protective function of the skin, 404-407 ; in 

 the respiratory channels, 411-414 ; of the 

 cornea, 409 ; of the saliva, 415 ; of the 

 intestine, 422 ; of the bile, 424 ; of the 

 liver, 427 ; of the lymphoid organs, 428 ; 

 of the suprarenal capsules, 431; in the 

 urinary organs, 431 



Protective substance resistant to heat, 268 ; 

 and so distinguished from bactericidal 

 substance, 268; closely connected with 

 fixative substance, 269, 294, 295, 561 



Protective vaccinations, 454-504 



Proteus vulgaris, susceptibility of leucocytes 

 to, 166, 179, 201, 282; eosinophile trans- 

 formation in, 198; modified growth in 

 certain serums, 259 



Protozoa, intracellular digestion in the, 13, 

 30, 49 ; adaptation of, to saline solutions, 

 23, 515 ; and to physical conditions, 26 



Prussia acid, antidote to, 363 



Pseudo-diphtheria bacilli, 444 



Pseudo-eosinophile leucocytes, secretion by, 

 187, 542 



Pseudo-immunity or resistance, 320 



Pus, ferment in, 96 



Pyrogallic acid, its action on natural im- 

 munity, 150 



Rabbit, immunity of, against anthrax 

 bacillus, 159; against streptococci, 167, 

 168; against tetanus bacillus, 169 ; against 

 cholera vibrio, 424; against pleuropneu- 

 monia, 569 ; acquired immunity of, 

 against pyocyanic disease, 232; against 

 swine erysipelas, 236-239, 527; against 

 anthrax, 239, 323; against streptococcus, 

 243-247, 284-286, 312, 314; against 

 pneumo-enteritis, 260, 266, 275, 311, 

 532 ; against pneumococcus, 262 ; against 

 a staphylococcus, 266; against hog cho- 

 lera, 290; against mouse septicaemia, 

 509; phagocytosis in, 159, 167, 169, 233, 

 239, 314, 569; infection by streptococci in, 

 283; action of serum of vaccinated, on 

 bacillus of pneumo-enteritis, 287 ; action 

 of agglutinated pneumococci on, 287; 

 vaccinated against hog cholera susceptible 

 to its toxin, 290; immunised against an- 

 thrax by means of the erysipelas coccus, 

 323 ; immunised against anthrax by pro- 

 ducts of Bacillus pyocyaneus, 323; in- 

 fection by anthrax prevented by Fried- 

 lander's bacillus, 323; brain of, very sus- 

 ceptible to action of tetanus toxin, 383 ; 

 reaction of, to atropin, 395 



Babies, action of anthrax bacillus on, 150; 

 action of normal ox serum on, 365 ; action 

 of bile on, 425; heredity of immunity 

 against, 446 ; vaccinations against, 461- 

 466; statistics of vaccinations against, 

 464-466; in domestic animals, vaccina- 

 tions against, 466 



Rat, immunity of, against anthrax bacillus, 

 152, 526; against diphtheria bacillus, 

 204 ; acquired immunity against Trypano- 

 somata, 247-249, 316; against anthrax, 

 240; natural immunity of, against diph- 

 theria toxin, 204, 339; bactericidal fer- 

 ment of phagocytes of, 20, 157; phago- 

 cytosis in, 154, 157 



Receptors, 93, 120, 296; over-production of, 

 121, 296, 562; antitoxic and philotoxic 

 functions of, 120; theory of, see Side- 

 chain theory 



Recurrent fever. See Spirilla, Spirochaete 

 obermeyeri 



Recurrent fever, transient acquired im- 

 munity against, 434 



Rennet, 109, 119 



Reptilia. See Alligator, Turtle, Snake, 

 Lizard 



Reptilia, natural immunity of, against te- 

 tanus toxin, 331-334 



Resistance to disease, 8-10. See Immunity, 

 Pseudo-immunity 



Resorption of micro-organisms, 46, 175 (see 

 also Immunity,cellular,Micro-organisms); 

 of the formed elements, 47, 67-105; a true 

 intracellular digestion, 85, 296; of cells 

 in the Invertebrata, 70 ; of red corpuscles 

 by phagocytes of the Vertebrata, 72, 80 

 (see also Phagocytes, Phagocytosis) ; part 

 played by macrophages in (see Macro- 

 phages) ; and digestion closely related, 

 69, 85; of spermatozoa, 84, 100; of 

 white corpuscles, 84 (see also Leucocytes, 

 Phagocytes); of albuminoid substances, 

 106-127 ; of cells and the phenomena in 

 acquired immunity, 296 



Respiratory channels, protection by the, 

 411-414; absorption of poisons by the, 

 414 



Rhinoceros beetle, natural immunity in 

 larvae of, 132, 209, 326, 329; suscepti- 

 bility to cholera vibrio, 40, 133 



Ricin, 344, 360, 446, 449 



Rinderpest, action of bile on, 425, 466; 

 vaccinations against, 466-468; Koch's 

 method of vaccination against, 466; 

 Kolle and Turner's method of "simul- 

 taneous vaccinations" against, 467 



Ring-worm, mechanical factor in, 4 



Robin (toxalbumin of Eobinia pseudacacia), 



. 365 ; serum of animals vaccinated against, 

 antitoxic, 365; heredity of immunity 

 against, 446 



Saccharomyces. See Yeasts 



