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CHAPTER XII. PRACTICAL METHODS OF IMMUNITY. 



Methods of obtaining immune sera, 165 Agglutination tests, 168 

 Precipitins, 170 Deviation of the Complement, 171 Fixation of 

 the Complement, 172 The Wassermann reaction, 174 Opsonic 

 power and preparation of vaccines, 186 Anaphylaxis, 192. 



PART II. STUDY OF THE BLOOD 



CHAPTER XIII. MlCROMETRY AND BLOOD PREPARATIONS. 



Micrometry, 197 Haemoglobin estimation, 200 Counting blood, 202 

 Study of fresh blood, 206 Blood films, 208 Staining blood films, 

 211 lodophilia, 214 Occult blood, 216 Acidosis, 218. 

 CHAPTER XIV. NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL BLOOD. 



Color index, 222 Red cells, 222 White cells, 224 Eosinophilia, 231 

 Leukocytosis, 232 Lymphocytosis, 234 Diseases with a normal 

 leukocyte count, 235 The primary anaemias, 235 Secondary anae- 

 mias, 237 The leukemias, 238. 



PART III. ANIMAL PARASITOLOGY 



CHAPTER XV. CLASSIFICATION AND METHODS, 243. 



CHAPTER XVI. THE PROTOZOA. 



Rhizopoda, 251 Flagellata, 259 Infusoria, 273 Sporozoa, 282 

 The malarial parasite, 283. 



CHAPTER XVII. THE FLAT WORMS. 



Flukes, 294 Liver flukes, 297 Intestinal flukes, 298 Lung flukes, 

 299 Blood flukes, 300 Cestodes, 303 Somatic taeniasis, 310. 



CHAPTER XVIII. THE ROUND WORMS. 



Filariidae, 315 Key to filarial larvae, 319 Trichinosis, 321 Hook- 

 worms, 325 Ascaridae, 330 Leeches, 332. 



CHAPTER XIX. THE ARACHNOIDEA. 



The mites, 335 The ticks, 338 The Linguatulidae, 342. 



CHAPTER XX. THE INSECTS. 



The Pediculidae, 345 The Diptera, 351 Biting flies, 352 Myiases, 



359- 

 CHAPTER XXI. THE MOSQUITOES. 



Dissection of mosquitoes, 370 Differentiation of Culicinae and Anoph- 



elinae, 371 Classification of Culicidae, 372. 

 CHAPTER XXII. THE POISONOUS SNAKES, 377. 



PART IV. CLINICAL BACTERIOLOGY AND ANIMAL 



PARASITOLOGY OF THE VARIOUS BODY 



FLUIDS AND ORGANS 



CHAPTER XXIII. DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIONS OF THE OCULAR REGION, 381. 

 CHAPTER XXIV. DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIONS OF THE NASAL CAVITIES, 384. 

 CHAPTER XXV. EXAMINATION OF BUCCAL AND PHARYNGEAL MATERIAL, 



386. 

 CHAPTER XXVI. EXAMINATION OF SPUTUM, 389. 



