INDEX 



977 



Wassermann reaction in syphilis, anti- 

 gen for, 441 

 anticomplementary titration, 



452 



antigenic titration, 455 

 experimental work, 932 

 hemolytic titration, 454 

 method of diluting, 451 



titrating, 452 

 preparation, 443 



antigenic dose of serum, 442 



antisheep amboceptor for, 439 



aqueous extract of pallidum cul- 

 ture for, 448 

 of syphilitic livers for, 443 



as colloidal reaction, 552 



Bauer's modification, 482 



Browning and Mackenzie's modi- 

 fication, 484 



cerebrospinal fluid for, 435 



collecting blood for, 432 



New York Board of Health 

 outfit, 434 



Colles' law and, 489 



comparative antigenic values of 

 various extracts, 448 



complement for, 435 

 preservation of, 23, 437 



congenital, 489, 490 



Craig's modification, 482 



Detre and Brezovsky's modifica- 

 tion, 484 



doses of serum in, 435 



effect of mercury treatment on, 



492 



of neosalvarsan on, 495 

 of salvarsan on, 495 

 of treatment on, 492 



erythrocytes for, 440 



experimental work, 933, 934, 935 



first method, 456 

 technic, 459 



fluid to be tested, 432 



fourth method, 458, 470 

 reading results, 474 

 technic, 470 



glassware for, 431 



guinea-pig complement serum 

 for, 436 



Hecht-Weinberg-Gradwohl modi- 

 fication, 482 



hemolytic amboceptor, for, 439 



history, 425 



latent, 488 



lecithin and cholesterin for, 447 



methods for conducting, 456 



modifications, 475 



Noguchi's modification, 475. See 

 also Noguchi's modification. 



original, 456, 459 

 technic of, 459 



pipets for, 431 



practical value, 495 



primary, 485 



principles and theories, 428 



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Wassermann reaction in syphilis, Pro- 



feta's law and, 490 

 provocatory stimulation, 495 

 reading and recording, 463 

 red blood-corpuscles for, 440 

 relation of lipoids to, 555 

 second method, 457, 465 

 reading results, 466 

 technic, 465 

 secondary, 486 

 serum for, 432 

 specificity, ,490 

 Stern's modification, 484 

 Tchernogubou's modification, 484 

 technic, 431 

 tertiary, 487 



testing cadaver serums, 435 

 test-tubes for, 431 

 third method, 458, 467 

 reading results, 469 

 technic, 467 

 various stages, 485 

 von Dungern's modification, 485 

 with multiple antigens, 457 



technic, 465 



with varying amounts of comple- 

 ment, 458 

 technic, 470 

 with varying amounts of patient's 



serum, 458 

 technic, 467 

 in tabes dorsalis, 488 

 in tertiary syphilis, 487 

 in various stages of syphilis, 485 

 in yaws, 491 

 Profeta's law and, 490 

 Water, bacteria in, 85 

 Water-supplies, bacteria recovered from, 

 bacteriolytic test for identification of, 

 365 



Wechsberg and Neisser's method of 

 measuring bactericidal power of blood, 

 371 



Wechselmann's method of converting 

 negative syphilitic serums to positive 

 syphilitic serums, 434 

 Weichardt's epiphanin reaction, 559. 



See also Epiphanin reaction. 

 Weigert's overproduction theory, 150 

 Welch, hypothesis of, 104 

 Wet cupping, 36 



Wheller and Vaughan's theory of ana- 

 phylaxis, 592 

 White mice, anaphylaxis in, 576 



rats, anaphylaxis in, 576 

 Whooping-cough, agglutination reaction 



in, 293 



complement-fixation in, 521 

 prophylactic immunization in, 700 

 vaccine therapy, 710 

 Widal reaction in typhoid fever, 281, 



290, 295, 299 

 experimental work, 916 

 Wile's technic of intraspinous injection 

 of neosalvarsan, 876 



