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INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



Pro-agglutinoid phenome- 

 non in agglutina- 

 tion explained as 

 protective colloid 

 action, 236 



Pro-agglutinoid zone in 

 agglutination, 162 

 complement deviation re- 

 action analogous 

 to, 162 



Pro-agglutinoids, 235 

 Prophylactic immuniza- 

 tion, active, in 

 man, 481 



against cholera, 484. 

 See also under 

 Cholera 



against plague, 486. See 



also under Plague 



against rabies, 489. See 



also under Rabies 



against small-pox, 488. 



See also under 



Small-pox 



against typhoid fever, 

 482. See also un- 

 der Typhoid fever 

 "Protection," 195 

 "Protein fever." 367 

 Proteins, unknown, alexin 

 fixation test in 

 determination o f 

 nature of, 211 

 delicacy of, 213 

 technique of, 212 

 Prototoxoids, 115 

 Protozoa, digestion among, 

 and its relation 

 to phagocytosis, 

 274 

 Ptomains, as indirect cause 



of infection, 30 

 chemistry of, 29 

 definition of, 31 

 relation of, to infection, 



28 

 Putrefaction, chemistry of, 



29 

 micro-organisms causing, 



Pyemia, 25 



Rabies, active prophylactic 

 i m m u n i zation 

 against, 489 



Hogyes method of treat- 

 ment in, 492 



Pasteur's work on, 489 



preparation and attenu- 

 ation of virus for, 

 490 



treatment of patients in, 



491 

 Ranzi's work on anaphy- 



laxis, 367 



Rattlesnake poison, anti- 

 toxin for, 466 

 Receptors, cell, overpro- 

 duction of, 152 



complementophile, 149 



cytophile, 149 



definition of, 126 



of third order, 150 



sessile, in anaphylaxis, 



390 



Resistance. See also Im- 

 munity 



acquired, 60 



bactericidal properties 

 in serum and, 297 



body temperature and, 

 51 



cellular theory of, 80 



Resistance, cultural condi- 

 tions for bacteria 

 in body and, 56 

 degree of phagocytosis 



and, 296, 297 

 humoral theory of, 80 

 increased invasive pow- 

 ers of bacteria 

 and, 56 

 individual differences 



and, 58 

 inheritance a factor in, 



56 

 local, in skin infections, 



102 



natural, against infec- 

 tion, 49 



racial differences in, 55 

 species, to infection, 51 



"Retention theory of im- 

 munity," 83 



Rhus toxicodendron. spe- 

 cific antitoxin 

 from, 96 



Richet and He"ricourt's 

 work on anaphy- 

 laxis, 360 



Richet and Portier's work 

 o n anaphylaxis, 

 360 



Richet's work on passive 

 anaphylaxis, 380 



Ricin, "protein-free," 96 



Romer's method for diph- 

 theria antitoxin 

 standardization, 

 461 



"Root-tubercle" bacilli, 7 



Rosenau and Anderson, re- 

 searches of, in 

 bacterial anaphy- 

 laxis, 410 



work on anaphylaxis, 

 362, 374 et seq. 



Rosenow on variations in 

 streptococci, 472 



Roux and Yersin, experi- 

 mental immuniza- 

 tion in hog chol- 

 era by, 72 



Rowland's antiplague ser- 

 um, 480 



vaccine in prophylactic 

 immunization 

 against plague,487 



Russell's vaccines for pro- 

 phylactic immuni- 

 zation against ty- 

 phoid fever, 483 



Salt-inactivation of alexin, 

 178 



Salts, effect of, in agglu- 

 tination, 243 

 in precipitation, 265 



Saprophytes, biological 

 transition of, to 

 parasites, 5 

 occurrence of. 2 

 pathogenic powers of 



certain, 4 

 pure, 11 



Saprophytic micro-organ- 

 isms, definition of, 

 4 



Scarlet fever, relative sus- 

 ceptibility of man 

 and animals to, 

 54 



Schmidt, precipitation ex- 

 periments of, on 

 heat precipitins, 

 260, 261 



Sensitization. 359 



Bordet's views on, 162, 



163 

 complement deviation in, 



160 



Ehrlich and Sachs' phe- 

 nomenon in, 165 

 Bordet and Gay's in- 

 terpretation of. 

 166, 167 



Ehrlich and Sachs' 

 views on, 164. 

 165 



Neisser-Wechsberg phe- 

 nomenon in, 160 

 Septicemia, chronic, adap- 

 tation of bacteria 

 in, 7 



secondary foci in, 7 

 Sensibilisin, 387 

 Sensibilisinogen, 387 

 Sensitized bacteria, immu- 

 nization with, 68 

 Sensitized tuberculin. 357 

 Sensitized vaccines, 355 

 Sensitizer. See Ambocep- 



tor 

 Bordet's definition of, 



159 



quantitative determina- 

 tion of, in im- 

 mune serum, 160, 

 161 

 Serum. See also Blood 



serum 



antitoxic, direct effect 

 of, on toxin. 104 

 indirect protective ac- 

 tion of, against 

 toxin, 104 



bactericidal properties, 

 of, in immunity, 

 81 



resistance and, 297 

 cell-free. bacterial 



growth in, 81 

 immune, bacteriotropins 

 in, without lysins, 

 322 



heated, reactivation 

 of, by addition of 

 alexin. 318 



opsonins in, bacteri- 

 cidal sensitizers 

 and, 321 et seq. 

 heated, increase of 

 power of, by ad- 

 dition of fresh 

 normal serum, 

 318 



increase of, 315 

 normal opsonins 



and, 320 et seq. 

 specificity of, 321 

 phagocytosis in, 91,, 



315 



increase of, 311. 

 See also Phagocy- 



normal, agglutinins in, 



91 



antic omplementary 



properties of, 196 



hemolytic properties 



of, 91 



opsonic powers of, 314 

 reduction of, by 



heat, 314 

 opsonins in, 91 



cooperation of heat- 

 stable and heat 

 sensitive body in, 

 318, 319 

 nature of, 316 



