INDEX 



579 



Phagocytosis, leukocytes 



in, 324 



action of, 275. 276 

 polynuclear, 278 

 leukocytosis in, 290 

 bacteria decreasing, 



290 

 bacteria increasing. 



290 

 lymphocytes in, large. 



278 



measure of degree of. in 

 active immuniza- 

 tion. 329 

 Leishmann's technique 



for, 329 



Simon, Lamar and 

 Bispham's tech- 

 nique for, 332. 

 333 

 value of, in therapeu- 



sis, 338 



Wright's technique 

 for, 330 e t 

 seq. 

 difficulties in, 332, 



333 



value of, 333 

 mechanism of process of, 



280 et seq. 



Metchnikoff's early in- 

 vestigations o n, 

 273. 274 



normal and immune op- 

 sonic action in, 

 quantitative dif- 

 ferences between, 

 324 



normal degenerative and 

 retrogressive proc- 

 esses and, 270 

 observation of, in vitro, 



313 



of micro-organisms, with 

 or without cul- 

 ture media, 297 

 opsonins in, 311. See 



also Opsonins 

 phagocytes engaged in. 

 varieties of, 27G 

 fixed, 276 

 macrophages, 277 

 microphages, 277 

 motile. 276 



process of inflam- 

 mation in. 280 ct 

 seq. 



proteolytic enzymes from 

 leukocytes in, 306, 

 307 



qualitative difference be- 

 tween normal and 

 immune opsonic 

 substances in, 315, 

 316 

 reduction of phagocytic 



activity in, 298 

 by growth of bacteria 

 within leukocytes, 

 298 



by protection of bac- 

 teria from pha- 

 gocytes, 299 

 by use of narcotics, 



299 



relation of, to active im- 

 munity, 329 

 relation of virulence to, 



312 



removal of extravasa- 

 tions of blood 

 and, 275 



Phagocytosis, resistance of 

 bacteria to, due to 

 non-absorption of 

 opsonin, 326 



resistance of infected 

 subject and, 296, 

 297 



resistance of virulent 

 bacteria to, in 

 normal serum, 325 

 spontaneous, 313 

 tissue cells in, 278 

 varieties of body cells 



engaged in, 278 

 dependent on nature 

 of invading sub- 

 stance, 279 



Pick and Yamanouchi's ex- 

 periments on two 

 s e p a ra t e sub- 

 stances in ana- 

 phylactic antigen, 

 387 

 work on anaphylaxis, 



371 



von Pirquet and Schick's 

 studies of serum 

 sickness, 428 et 

 seq. 



von Pirquet's tuberculin 

 skin reaction. 442 

 Placentar cytotoxin, 92 

 Plague, active prophylactic 

 i in m u n iz ation 

 against, 489 

 Besredka's vaccines in. 



490 

 Haffkine's early work 



on. 489 



Kolle and Otto's in- 

 vestigations i n, 

 489 

 Rowland's vaccine in, 



490 

 Strong's investigations 



in. 490 



relative susceptibility of 

 man and animals 

 to, 53 



serum therapy of, 480 

 Dean's serum in, 482 

 Lustig's serum in. 482 

 Markl's serum in, 481 

 Rowland's serum in, 



482 



value of, 482, 483 

 Yersin, Calmette and 

 Borrel's investi- 

 gations in, 480 

 Yersin's serum in, 480, 



482 



value of, 481 

 "Plasmines," 72 

 Pneumococcus infection, 

 relative suscepti- 

 bility of man and 

 animals to, 54 

 Pneumococci, mutation of, 



474 



Pneumonia, agglutination 

 reaction in diag- 

 nosis of, 221 

 serum therapy in. Cole's 



work on. 477 

 Dochez and Gilles- 

 pie's work on, 477 

 nature of action in, 



476, 477 

 Neufeld and Haendel's 



work on, 476 



Poison-ivy, specific anti- 

 toxin from, 97 

 Pollantin, 437 



Poliomyelitis, carriers in, 

 496 



cause of, 495 



epidemiology of, 495 



Flexner and Arnoss' 

 work on, 497, 498 



Flexner and Lewis' 

 work on, 495 



infection and immunity 

 in, 495 



Landsteiner's and Pop- 

 per's work on, 

 495 



relative susceptibility oi' 

 man and animals 

 to, 55 



Polyceptors (Ehrlich), 15(; 

 Precipitation, 248 



inhibition zones in, 162 

 Precipitin reaction, 248 



against heated proteins, 



258 et seq. 



coctoprecipitin in, 25s 

 experiments on, 260- 



262 

 h e a t-alkali-precipitiu 



in, 259, 260 

 native precipitin in, 



259 



70 precipitin in, 259 



Schmidt's experiments 



on, 260, 261 



agglutination reaction 

 analogous to, 

 263 



analogy of, to colloidal 

 flocculation, 265 



autocytotoxins in, 263 



bacterial precipitins in. 

 partial or minor, 

 252 

 specificity of, 251, 252 



von Dungern's views of, 

 268, 271 



Ehrlich's conception of, 

 264 



electrolytes in, effect of. 

 265 



forensic blood test in, 



257 



ring test of Fornet and 

 Mflller in, 257 



group reactions o-f bac- 

 terial precipitins 

 in, 251, 252 

 diagnostic value of. 

 252 



heat precipitins in, 259 



heated precipitating ser- 

 um, effect of 

 mixed sera in, 

 266-267 



protective action of, 

 266 



inhibition zones in, 265, 

 266 



isoprecipitins in, 255 



medico-legal value of, 

 254 



non-specific partial reac- 

 tions in, elimina- 

 tion of, 254 



Nuttall's experiments on 

 determining zoo- 

 logical classifica- 

 tions by, 254,255 



organ specificity in, 262, 

 263 



precipitinogen in, 249 

 chemical nature of, 



249 



effect of heating on, 

 258 



