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INDEX 



Precipitin reaction, precipi- 

 tinogen in, non- 

 protein, 249, 250 

 obtaining of, 249 

 precipitinoids in, for- 

 mation of, 265 

 precipitins in, delicacy 



of, 253 



determination of po- 

 tency of, 253 

 inactivation of, by 



heat, 204 



effect of, in bac- 

 terial filtrates, 264 

 production of, against 

 unformed p r o - 

 teins. 252, 253 

 methods of, 251 

 of specific, 249 

 by pepton. 251 

 effect of heating 



on, 249 



in animal sera by 

 foreign protein, 

 248 

 structure of (Ehrlich), 



264 

 zymophore group in. 



264 

 effect of heat on, 



265 



quantitative proportions 

 in. effect of, 265, 

 266 



relative concentration of 

 reacting bodies 

 a factor in. 265. 

 26G 



residue antigen and an- 

 tibody in, 267 et 

 seq. 

 explanations of, 268 



et seq. 



experiment on. 2(59 

 salts in. effect of. 265 

 species determination by 

 m e a n s of. 253. 

 254 



species specificity in. 262 

 specificity of, 248. 25:;. 



254 



vegetable proteins deter- 

 mined by. 255 

 zoological classifications 

 by means of. 254, 

 255 



Precipitin tests, methods 

 of performing, 255 

 et seq. 

 forensic blood test in. 



257 



ring test of Fornet 

 and Miiller in. 257 

 Precipitinogen. 249 



chemical nature of. 249 

 effect of heating on, 



258 

 non-protein. 249, 250 



nature of, 250 

 obtaining of, 249 

 Precipitinoids. 265 

 Precipitins. 248 



against heated proteins, 



258 et seq. 

 coctoprecipitin, 258 

 experiments on. 260- 



262 

 heat - alkali-precipitin, 



259. 260 



native precipitin. 259 

 70 precipitin. 259 

 Schmidt's experiments 

 on, 260, 261 



Precipitins, bacterial, group 

 reactions in, 251 

 partial or minor, 252 

 specificity of, 251, 252 

 definition of, 90 

 delicacy of, 253 

 determination of potency 



of, 253 

 heat, 259 



in hemolytic serum. 94 

 inactivation of, by heat, 



264 

 effect of, in bacterial 



filtrates, 264 

 isoprecipitins, 255 

 organ specificity of, 262, 



263 



production of, 129, 249 

 against unformed pro- 

 teins, 252. 253 

 methods of. 251 

 specific, by pepton, 



251 

 effect of heating on, 



249 



in animal sera by 

 foreign protein, 

 248 

 "species," specificity of, 



262, 263 

 specific, 248 



discovery of, by Ru- 

 dolf Kraus. 248 

 structure of (Ehrlich), 



264 



zymophore group in, 264 

 e ff e c t of heat on, 



265 



Pregna ncy, diagnostic 

 value of Abder- 

 halden's protec- 

 tive ferments in, 

 534 



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 

 Prof eta's law, 499 

 Prophy lactic immuniza- 

 tion, active, in 

 man, 483 



against cholera, 487. 

 See also under 

 Cholera 



against paratyphoid fe- 

 ver. 484 



against plague. 489. Sec 



also under Plague 



against rabies. 492. See 



also under Rabies 



against small-pox, 490. 



See also under 



Small-pox 



against typhoid fever, 

 484-. 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 

 Proteolysis. 524 

 Prototoxoids. 115 



Protozoa, digestion among, 



and its relation 



to phagocytosis, 



274 



Ptomains, as indirect cause 



of infection, 30 

 chemistry of, 29 

 classification 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, 492 



Hogyes method of treat- 

 ment in, 494 



Pasteur's work on, 492 



preparation and attenu- 

 ation of virus for, 

 493 



treatment of patients in, 



493 

 Ranzi's work on anaphy- 



laxis, 367 



Rattlesnake poison, anti- 

 toxin for, 468 

 Reaction, colloidal gold, 

 539 



epiphaniu, 537 



meipstagmin, 538 



toxin-antitoxin, 104 

 Receptors, cell, overpro- 

 duction of. 152 



complernentophile, 149 



cytophile, 149 



definition of, 126 



of third order, 150 



sessile, in anaphylaxis, 

 399 



structure of, 127 

 Resistance. See also Im- 

 munity 



acquired. 60 



bactericidal properties 

 in serum and, 297 



body temperature and, 

 51 



cellular theory of, 80 



cultural conditions 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, 

 103 



natural, against infec- 

 tion. 49 



racial differences in, 55 



species, to infection, 51 



vital. 524 



"Retention theory of im- 

 munity," 83 



Rhus toxicodendron. spe- 

 cific antitoxin 

 from, 97 



Richet and H6ricourt'9 

 work on anaphy 

 laxis, 360 



