INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



Neisser and Friedemann, 

 experiments of, 

 on influence of 

 salts on sensitized 

 bacteria in agglu- 

 tination, 244 



Neisser and Wechsberg, 

 phenomenon of, 

 160 et seq. 



analogous to colloid re- 

 actions, 162 



argument in favor or 

 Bordet's views, 

 162 

 Gay's explanation of, 



163 



Morgenroth and Sachs 

 experiments sup- 

 porting, 163 



pro-agglutinoid zone re- 

 action analogous 

 to, 162 



Neoplasms, malignant, 



alexin fixation in 



diagnosis of, 213 



von Dungern's method 



of, 214 

 antigen production 



for, 214 

 results of, 215 

 technique of, 214 et 



seq. 



Nernst on views of Arrhen- 

 ius and Madsen 

 on neutralization 

 in toxin-antitoxin 

 reaction, 122 



Neufeld and Dold's experi- 

 ments in bacterial 

 anaphylaxis, 417 

 Neufeld and Haendel's 

 work on serum 

 therapy of pneu- 

 monia, 474 

 Neurotoxin, 92 



in snake venom, 465 

 Nicolle's theory of ana- 

 phylaxis, 394 

 work on passive anaphy- 

 laxis, 380 



Noguchi's modification of 

 the Wassermann 

 test, 208, 209 

 schematic presentation 



of, 209 



"Normal" diphtheria anti- 

 toxic serum, 107 

 "Normal" diphtheria tox- 

 in, 107 



"Normal" serum. See un- 

 der Serum 

 agglutinins in, 91 

 hemolytic properties of, 



91 



opsonins in, 91 

 toxic action of, and an- 

 aphylaxis, 405 

 Nuttall on bactericidal 

 power of normal 

 blood in natural 

 immunity, 79 



Nuttall's experiments on 

 determining zoo- 

 logical classifica- 

 tions by means of 

 precipitin reac- 

 tion, 254, 255 



Ophthalmia, sympathetic, 

 Elschnig's expla- 

 nation of, as ana- 

 phylactic r e a c- 

 tlon, 437 



Opium, reduction of pha- 

 gocytosis by, 299 

 Opsonic action, phagocy- 

 tosis due to. 313 

 Opsonic index, determina- 

 tion of, Leish- 

 mann's technique 

 for, 329 



Simon, Lamar and 

 Bispham's tech- 

 nique of, 332, 333 

 Wright's technique 



for, 330 et seq. 

 difficulties in, 332, 



333 



value of, 333 

 fluctuation of, in un- 

 treated patients 

 under influence of 

 exercise of dis- 

 eased parts, 340 

 in autoinoculations by 



massage, 340 

 in sera of normal and 

 infected individ- 

 ual, comparison 

 of, 334 



in serum therapy, com- 

 parison between 

 that in exudate of 

 infected foci and 

 blood serum, 340 

 in staphylococcus infec- 

 tions, 334 



during vaccine treat- 

 ment with dead 

 s t a p hylococcus 

 cultures, 335 

 In treatment of gonor- 

 r h e a 1 arthritis 

 with autoinocula- 

 tion by massage, 

 340 



in vaccine therapy, im- 

 provement and, 

 341 



of acne, 339 

 of staphylococcus fu- 



runculosis, 335 

 of sycosis, 336, 337 

 of tuberculosis, 341- 



343 



value of, in control- 

 ling therapeutic 

 vaccinations, 344 

 in showing degree 

 and conditions in 

 which vaccination 

 is successful, 344, 

 345 

 vaccine therapy and, 328 



et seq. 

 value of, in therapeusis, 



338 

 Opsonic powers of normal 



serum, 314 

 reduction of, by heat, 



314 



Opsonins. See also Pha- 

 gocytosis 

 definition of, 313 

 immune, bactericidal 

 sensitizers and, 

 321 et seq. 

 increase of, 315 

 heated, increase of 

 power of, by ad- 

 dition of fresh 

 normal serum, 318 

 reactivation of, by 

 addition of alex- 

 in, 318 



normal and, 320 et 

 seq. 



Opsonins, immune, resist- 

 ance of, to heat, 

 315 



specificity of, 321 

 thermostability of, 320 

 normal, 91 



cooperation of heat- 

 stable and heat- 

 sensitive body in, 

 319 



instability of, 314, 315 

 nature of. 316 

 similarity of, to alex- 

 in or complement, 

 316, 317 



specificity of, 318 

 production of, in thyroid 



gland, 173 



qualitative difference be- 

 tween normal and 

 immune, 315, 

 316 



specific thermostable, in 

 normal serum, 

 317 



Organ specificity of anti- 

 gens, 98 



"Osmotic theory" of im- 

 munity, 84 



Otto's work on anaphy- 

 laxis, 361 



in passive anaphylaxis, 

 380 



Pancreas cytotoxin, 92 



Panum's theory of intra- 

 cellular destruc- 

 tion of bacteria 

 in natural immu- 

 nity, 78 



Parasites, biological transi- 

 tion of sapro- 

 phytes to, 5 



Bail's classification of, 

 11 



Parasitic bacteria, 4 



Paratyphoid fever, agglu- 

 tination reaction 

 in diagnosis of, 

 221 



Paroxysmal hemoglobin- 



uria, 147 

 hemolysis in, 147 



Partial absorption method 

 of E h r 1 i c h in 

 measurement of 

 toxin - antitoxin 

 combination, 115 



Pasteur, "exhaustion the- 

 ory of," 83 



experimentation of, on 

 i m m u n i zation 

 against chicken 

 cholera, 63 



work of, on immuniza- 

 tion against an- 

 thrax, 64 



on prophylactive im- 

 munization in ra- 

 bies, 489 



Pathogenic bacteria, adap- 

 tation of, in tis- 

 sues, 6, 7 



entrance of, in body tis- 

 sues, 6 



saprophytic nature of 

 certain, 4 



Pathogenic micro-organ- 

 i s m s, definition 

 of, 3 



occurrence of, 2 

 resistance of living cell 

 to, 6 



