INDEX 



965 



Placental serum, method of obtaining, 



833 



Plague, agglutination test in, 292 

 serum treatment, 822 

 vaccination, 694 



dosage of vaccine, 696 

 duration, 696 

 effects, 696 



Haffkine's vaccine, 695 

 dosage, 696 

 effects, 696 

 results, 696 



Kolle and Strong's vaccine, 695 

 Kolle's vaccine, 695 

 Lustig and Galeotti's vaccine, 695 

 preparation of vaccine, 695 

 results, 696 



Terni and Bandi's vaccine, 696 

 Plants, higher, toxins of, 119 

 Plasma, blood, obtaining of, 30 

 Pleurisy, tuberculous, autoserum treat- 

 ment, 841 



tuberculin test in diagnosis of, 632 

 Pneumococci, agglutination test in dif- 

 ferentiation, 308 



Pneumococcus, Cole's method of deter- 

 mining type, 308 

 infections, chemotherapy in, 885 



serum treatment, 807 

 meningitis, 805 



serum treatment, 804, 805 

 Pneumonia, agglutination test in, 292 

 autoserum treatment, 836 

 bacterial vaccines in, 712 

 experimental, 892 

 nature of, 808 

 precipitin reaction in, 321 

 prophylactic immunization in, 694 

 serum treatment, 807, 828 



results, 812 



treatment with specific serum of con- 

 valescents and with normal serum, 

 826 



vaccine therapy, 712 

 Poison, protein, 584 

 Polariscope, 276 



Poliomyelitis, acute anterior, treatment 

 with specific serum of convalescents 

 and with normal serum, 826 

 Pollen antitoxin, 252, 786 



toxin, 120 

 Polyceptor, 342 



Porges-Meier test for syphilis, 321 

 Pork idiosyncrasy, 615 

 Precipitate, 316 

 Precipitation of colloids, 545, 546. See 



Precipitin test. 

 Precipitin, 154, 314 



action of, based on colloidal reactions, 



550 



bacterial, experimental work, 922 

 precipitin test with, 320 



technic, 336 

 production of, 71 

 definition, 314 



Precipitin, experimental production, 892 



work, 920 

 formation, 317 

 group, 315, 317 

 history, 314 

 immune, 316 

 in immunity, role of, 319 

 milk, experimental work, 922 



production of, 71 

 nomenclature, 316 

 normal, 316 

 production of, 70 



intravenous method, 70 

 properties, 316 



protein, precipitin test with, 324 

 reaction in pneumonia, 321 

 serum, production of, 70 



titration, experimental work, 920 

 specificity, 318 



experimental work, 920 

 structure, 316 

 test, floccule-forming, 321 

 for blood-stain, 326 



technic, 331 

 for detection of meat adulteration, 



333 



technic, 335 

 for differentiation of human and 



animal blood, 326 

 Fornet's, for syphilis, 321 

 Herman-Perutz, for syphilis, 322 

 mechanism, 316 

 Porges-Meier, for syphilis, 321 

 practical applications, 320 

 technic, 326 



with bacterial precipitins, in diag- 

 nosis of cerebrospinal menin- 

 gitis, 320 



practical application, 320 

 technic, 336 

 with protein precipitins, practical 



application, 324 

 Precipitinogen, 316 



bacterial, preparation of, 336 

 Precipitoid, 316, 317 

 Predisposition, 101. See also Suscepti- 

 bility. 



Pregnancy, Abderhalden's serodiagnosis 

 of, 265. See also Abderhalden's 

 serodiagnosis of pregnancy. 

 allergic reaction in, 653 

 epiphanin reaction in, 563 

 ferments in, 258 

 toxicoses of, normal, serum treatment, 



833 

 vomiting of, normal, serum treatment, 



833 



Preparator, 341 

 Pricking finger method, 31 

 Pro-agglutination, 304 



experimental work, 919 

 Pro-agglutinoids, 281 

 Prodromal symptoms of infection, 137 

 Prof eta's law, Wassermann reaction and, 

 490 



