INDEX 



585 



Wassermann reaction, alex- 

 in fixation prin- 

 ciple in, not by 

 union of specific 

 syphilitic antigen 

 with spirocliaeta 

 pallida antibodies, 

 204 



alexin titration in, 200 

 antigen preparation for, 



200 

 by addition of choles- 



terin, 201 



by method of Brown- 

 ing and Cruik- 

 shank, 201 

 by method of Noguchi, 



200 

 by methods of Forges 



and Meier, 200 

 by methods of Weil 



and Braun, 200 

 titration in, 202 

 diagnostic value of, 210, 



211 

 in diagnosis of syphilis, 



198 

 in diseases other than 



syphilis, 210 

 in normal organs, 200 

 Klausner theory in, 

 204 



Wassermann reaction, pre- 

 cipitation in, by 

 addition to syphi- 

 litic serum to leci- 

 t h i n emulsions. 

 204 



produced with syphilitic 

 serum in antigens 

 from normal or- 

 gans, 200 



specific antigen fro m 

 spirochaeta pallida 

 cultures unsuit- 

 able in, 203 



spinal fluid used in per- 

 f o r in a n c e of, 

 210 



technique of perform- 

 ance of, 207 

 Bauer's modification 



of, 209 

 Noguchi's modification 



of, 208, 209 

 schematic presenta- 

 tion of, 209 

 refrigerator method in, 



208 

 schematic presentation 



of, 207 

 Stern's modification of, 



209 

 theories of, 204, 203 



Wassermann reaction, titra- 

 tion of hemolytic 

 amboceptor o r 

 sensitizer in, 205 

 ultramicroscopic method 

 of finding precip- 

 itates in syphili- 

 tic sera in, 204 



Weiehhardt's epiphanin re- 

 action, 537 



Weigert's law of overcom- 

 pensation, 128 



Widal's reaction, 220 



Wright's method of stand- 

 ardization of vac- 

 cines, 352, 353 



Wright's technique for de- 

 termination of op- 

 sonic index, 330 

 et seq. 



difficulties in, 332, 333 

 value of, 333 



Wright's studies of bac- 

 tericidal and ag- 

 glutinating pow- 

 ers of blood se- 

 rum, 328 



Yellow fever, susceptibility 



to, 55 

 Yersin anti-plague serum, 



480-482 



