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INDEX 



Bacterial precipitins, group 

 reactions in, diag- 

 nostic value of, 

 252 



partial or minor, 252 

 Bacterial products, active 

 i m m u n i z ation 

 with, 72 



Bactericidal properties of 

 blood serum, 134 

 Bacterial proteins, 33 

 Bacterial toxemia, 423 

 Bacterial toxins, 28. See 



also Toxins 



action of, after distribu- 

 tion in body, 41 

 active immunization 



with, 72 



chemical structure of, 

 in relation to tox- 

 icity, 43 

 endotoxins. Sec Endo- 



toxins 



lesions produced by. in 

 course of excre- 

 tion, 45 



local injury by, 45 

 nature of, 32 

 nature of union of, to 



body cells. 44 

 nerves attacked by, 41 

 obtaining of, 32 



from dead cultures, 32 

 from living cultures, 



32 



physical relationship 

 with body cells in 

 action of, 44 

 production of antitoxin 



by, 35 



selective action of, 40 

 principles of, 43 

 reasons for. 45 

 selective localization of, 



39 



specific distribution af- 

 ter introduction 

 of, 40 

 specific susceptibility of 



tissues to. 46 

 chemicals inhibiting, 



true. 33 



analogy of, with en- 

 zymes, 36 



bacteria producing. 34 

 characteristics of. 34 

 heat sensitiveness of, 



36 



incubation time of, 36 

 Bactericidal powers of 

 blood serum, 79, 

 134 



alexin in, 137 

 nature of. 137 

 in vivo, 137 



cholera experiments 



in. 137 



Bactericidal substances. 



origin of, from 



leukocytes, 169 et 



seq. 



Bacteriolysins, agglutinins 



and, 321 

 in active immunization, 



89 

 Bacteriolysis, 137 



extracelluar theory of, 



140 



heat a factor in, 138 

 mechanism of. 138 

 immunity conferred by, 

 137, 138 



Bacteriolysis, in immune 



serum, 137, 138 

 Bordet's findings in, 



140, 141 



inactivation and re- 

 activation i n , 

 140 



Pfeiffer's phenomenon 

 in, technique of, 

 138 et seq. 

 specificity o f pro- 

 tection of. 137, 

 138 

 transference of power 



of, 137, 138 

 leukocyte action i n, 



168 



leukocytes in, 140 

 Bacteriotropins, bacteri- 

 cidal sensitizers 

 and, 321 et seq. 

 normal opsonins and, 



320 et seq. 



presence of, in immune 

 sera without ly- 

 sins, 322 



specificity of, 321 

 thermostability of, 320 

 Bail's aggressin 'theory, 21, 



67 



classification of para- 

 sites, 11 



Bauer's modification of 

 Wassermann test, 

 209 



Baumgarten's osmotic the- 

 ory of bactericidal 

 powers of blood, 

 135 



Behring, Kitasato and 

 Wernicke. a n t i - 

 body theory in ac- 

 tive immunity of, 

 84 



Besredka and Steinhardt's 

 work on anaphy- 

 1 a x i s, 374 et 

 seq. 



on serum therapy of ty- 

 phoid fever, 478 

 Besredka's anti-endotoxic 

 serum in treat- 

 ment of typhoid 

 fever, 478 



method of administra- 

 tion of antitoxin, 

 433 

 theory of anaphylaxls, 



386 



vaccines in prophylactic 



i m m u n i z a tion 



against plague, 



489 



work on antianaphylax- 



is, 375 et seq. 

 Biedl and Kraus's work on 

 anaphylaxis, 365, 

 368, 369 

 Blood, non-putrefaction of, 



79. 134, 256 

 phagocytic activities of, 



in immunity. 79 

 Blood plasma, cell-free 

 inhibition of bac- 

 terial growth in, 

 in immunity, 79 

 presence of alexin in, 



170-172 



Blood serum, agglutina- 

 tion in, immune, 

 141 



alexin in, 137 

 nature of, 137 



Blood serum, anti- 

 bacterial powers 

 of, in immunity, 

 79, 134 



anti-isolysins in, 147 

 autohemolysins in, 146. 



147 



bactericidal and agglu- 

 tinating powers 

 of, Wright's stud- 

 ies of, 328 

 bactericidal action of 



immune, 81 

 alexin in, 137 



early theories re- 

 garding, 134 

 in natural immuni- 

 ty, 79, 80 

 in viro, 137 



cholera o x p e r i - 

 ments in, 137 

 mechanism of, 135 

 assimilation theory of, 



136 



by chemically un- 

 favorable environ- 

 ment. 135 

 osmotic theory of, 



135 

 bacteriolysis in immune, 



137 

 Bordet's findings in, 



140, 141 

 cholera experiments 



in, 137 

 summary of facts 



in, 138 

 heat a factor in. 138 



mechanism of, 13H 

 immunity conferred 



by, 137, 138 

 inactivation and reac- 

 tivation in, 140 

 intracellular theory 



of, 138 



leukocytes in, 140 

 Pfeiffer's phenomenon 

 in. technique of, 

 138 et seq. 

 specificity of protec- 

 tion of, 137, 13S 

 bacteriolytic powers of 

 transferable, 137 

 cell-free, bacterial 



growth in. 81 

 hemolysinogens in, 148 

 hemolysis in immune, 



141 

 alexin or complement 



in. 144 



analogy of. to bacter- 

 iolysis, 142 

 Bordet's work on, 1.41 

 Ehrlich and Morgen- 

 roth on mechan- 

 ism of, 142 

 haptophore groups in, 



142 



relation of antigen, 

 amboceptor and 

 complement in, 

 143-145 



work of Ehrlich and 

 Morgenroth o n, 

 143-144 



work of Liefmann 

 and Cohn on. 145 

 isohemolysins in, 146 

 protective action of, 

 against bacteria, 

 50 



Blood stream, presence of 

 alexin in, 170, 172 



