CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PACE 



GLOSSARY . . . . . ix 



I. INTRODUCTORY AND GENERAL . . . I 



II. ON THE NATURE OF TOXINS . . . -37 



III. THE PHENOMENA OF ANTITOXIN FORMATION . . 60 



IV. INTERREACTIONS OF TOXIN AND ANTITOXIN . . 69 



V. THE ORIGIN OF ANTITOXIN THE SIDE-CHAIN THEORY. 92 



VI. IMMUNITY TO TOXINS . . . . IT 5 



VII. BACTERIOLYSIS AND ALLIED PHENOMENA . . 139 



VIII. THE AGGLUTININS . . . . . 204 



IX. THE PRECIPITINS .... 226 



X. PHAGOCYTOSIS ...... 238 



xi. "REACTIONS" AND SIMILAR PHENOMENA . . 300 



XII. COLLOIDAL THEORY OF ANTIBODIES . . . 319 



XIII. ON IMMUNITY TO BACTERIA .... 33! 



XIV. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS .... 358 



BIBLIOGRAPHY ...... 421 



LIST OF AUTHORITIES ..... 439 



INDEX . . . . . . 443 



