INDEX 



949 



Antitoxin, action of, on toxin, 232 

 antidysenteric, 245 

 antistaphylococcus, 249 

 botulinus, 245 

 definition, 224 

 diphtheria, 754. See also Diphtheria 



antitoxin. 

 dysentery, 782 



administration and uses, 782 

 experimental work, 911 

 formation, 225 

 hay-fever, 252, 786 

 history, 224 

 immunity, natural, 171 

 measure of, 252 

 method of concentrating, 239 

 natural, 228 



diphtheria, Schick test, 288 

 pollen, 252, 786 

 practical application, 253 

 production of, 68 

 by horses, 238 



for therapeutic purposes, 234 

 properties, 227 

 relation of, to proteids, 227 

 specificity, 232 



experimental work, 912 

 structure, 227 



tetanus, 772. See also Tetanus anti- 

 toxin. 

 unit, 252 



Behring-Ehrlich, 240 

 Antitrypsin, 256 

 test, 264 



Bergmann and Meyer's, 264 

 Antituberculosis serum, 824 

 Antityphoid serum, 821 

 Antityrosinase, 256 

 Antiurease, 256 

 Antivenene, Calmette's, 786 

 Antivenin, preparation of, 252 



production of, 251 

 Apotoxin, 591 

 Aqueous extract of pallidum culture for 



Wassermann reaction, 448 

 of syphilitic livers for Wassermann 



reaction, 443 

 Arsenpxid, 878 



Arthritis, gonorrheal, autoserum treat- 

 ment, 836 



vaccine therapy, 707 

 Arthus phenomenon of anaphylaxis, 569 

 Artificial aggressins, 104, 126 

 Ascoli and Izar's miostagmin test, 563 



See also Miostagmin reaction. 

 Asthma, horse, 615 



in serum treatment, 739 

 Athrepsia, 172 

 Athreptic immunity, 172 

 Atmosphere, bacteria in, 85 

 Atrophy, receptoric, 80, 173 

 Atropin sulphate as preventive of serum 



disease, 613 



Auto-anticomplements, 349 

 Autocytotoxins, 537 



Autogenous bacterial vaccines, 665 

 Autolysins, 385 

 Autonephrotoxins, 537 

 Autopsies, 891 

 Autoserum treatment, 835 



mechanism of therapeutic action, 



840 



of acute infectious diseases, 835 

 of cancer, 843 

 of chorea, 836 

 of erysipelas, 835 

 of gonorrheal arthritis, 836 

 of hydrocele, 842 

 of influenza, 836 

 of leprosy, 835 

 of Malta fever, 836 

 of marasmus, 843 

 of non-tuberculous effusions, 843 

 of pellagra, 836 

 of pneumonia, 836 

 of skin diseases, 835 

 of tuberculosis of serous membranes, 



841 

 of tuberculous meningitis, 843 



pleurisy, 841 

 of typhoid fever, 836 

 salvarsanized, in syphilis of brain, 



836 



after-treatment, 839 

 repeating dose, 840 

 serobiologic findings in cere- 



brospinal fluid, 840 

 technic, 838 

 Autumnal catarrh, 252 

 Ayer and Gay's method of titration of 

 bacteriolytic complement, 356 



BACILLEN emulsion, tuberculin, prepara- 

 tion, 718 

 Bacillus abortus, 648, 649 



acid-fast, fixing and staining, 200 



botulinus, 117 



diphtheria, 113 



virulence and toxicity, method of 

 testing, 894 



dysentery, 118 



tetanus, 117 



tubercle, living, in treatment of tuber- 

 culosis, 721 

 Bacteremia, 93 

 Bacteria, 83 



agglutination reaction in identification 

 of, 293 



aggressiveness of, 95 



Bail's classification, 125 



conglutination test with, 307 



defensive mechanism of, in relation 

 to infection, 103 



effect of opsonins on, 192 



fixing and staining, 200 



in atmosphere, 85 



in foods, 85 



in milk, 85 



in placenta, 86, 90 



