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Index 



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naria Siud Phyllirhoe, 70; chemiotaxis of, 

 79, 108, 133, 167, 177, 280 ; the source of 

 the haemolytic ferment, 100 ; of osseous 

 fishes, 135; of frog, 137; ingest living 

 and virulent bacteria, 142, 177, 179-181, 

 558, 566 ; function of, 151, 157, 177, 181, 

 206, 547, 548, 566 ; mode of entry of micro- 

 organisms into, 177 ; acid reaction inside, 

 83, 182 ; action of opium on, 225, 231 ; 

 theory of, and side-chain theory com- 

 pared, 296-299, 538; in defence of animal 

 against poisons, 393-400 ; in production 

 of antitoxin, 400-402 ; in the defence of 

 the skin, 407 ; attempts to reconcile 

 theory of, with humoral theory, 539 ; 

 history of theory of, 514-525, 539-543 ; 

 stimulant action of, 532 



Phagocytic crisis of Bordet, 314 ; ferments, 

 549-558 ; function of neurogha cells, 75 ; 

 organs, 85, 150, 292, 293, 537 ; of cricket, 

 133 ; of Ascaris, 547 



Phagocytosis in osseous fishes, 135 ; in 

 frogs, 137, 142 ; in fowl, 144, 282 ; in 

 dog, 149, 151 ; in rat, 154, 157 ; in guinea- 

 pig, 162, 163, 166, 170, 223 ; in horse, 

 245, 313 ; in rabbit, 169, 167, 169, 233, 

 239, 314 ; effect of removal of spleen on, 

 150; agents that prevent, 170-173 {see 

 also Opium) ; neutralisation of toxins not 

 necessary for, 205, 289; and agglutina- 

 tion, 202, 242, 245 ; ensures natural 

 immunity, 206 ; action of opium on, 225, 

 231, 236, 306, 307; action of rabbit's 

 serum on, 231 ; in acquired immunity, 

 220, 223-226, 245, 280-286, 295, 313; 

 relation to fixatives in acquired immu- 

 nity, 291, 295 ; in the immunity con- 

 ferred by specific serums, 303-317 ; 

 history of, and of the theory of phago- 

 cytes, 514-525, 539-543 j its application 

 in surgery, 568 



Phagolysis, 80, 99, 165 ; prevention of, 99, 

 218, 219, 220, 230, 252, 304 ; its relation 

 to extracellular destruction of bacteria 

 and Pfeiffer's phenomenon, 218-220, 230, 

 280, 295, 534 ; escape of cytases during, 

 95, 99, 102, 191, 197, 252, 551-554, 560 



Philocytase, 91, 92 



Phloridzin, its action on natural immunity, 

 150 



Phyllirhoe, two modes of digestion in, 68 ; 

 resorption by phagocytes of, 70 



Pig. See also Swine 



Pig, protection of, against tetanus, 493 



Pigeon, immunity of, against anthrax, 146 ; 

 immunity of, against human tuberculosis, 

 147 ; immunity of, against infiuenza 

 bacillus, 130, 554 ; its blood best culture 

 medium for influenza bacillus, 130, 554 ; 

 susceptible to swine erysipelas, 476 ; pro- 

 tective power of serum of, immunised 

 against anthrax, 276, 277, 288; vacci- 

 nation of, against anthrax, 276, 277 



Pilocarpin augments production of anti- 

 toxin, 380 



Piroplasma higeminum, 247, 279 



Plague, bubonic, rapid immunisation by 

 serum, 312 ; protective influence of broth 

 against, 321 ; production of antitoxic 

 serum by, 401 ; infection by, through 

 the nasal cavity, 409, 411 ; vaccinations 

 against, 486-492 ; serum treatment in, 

 490-492 ; immunity against, when ac- 

 quired and duration, 488, 489 ; statistics 

 on vaccinations against, 488 ; prophy- 

 lactic treatment against, 491 ; Keports of 

 German and English Commissions on, 489 



Planarians, digestion in, 49, 71, 82 



Plants, immunity in multicellular, 29-39 ; 

 cicatrisation of, 34 ; and osmotic pres- 

 sure, 37, 39, 566 ; ravages of Sclerotinia 

 amongst cultivated, 32 ; action of ma- 

 nures on immunity of cultivated, 36 ; 

 function of oxalic acid in, 37, 566 



Plasma, Gengou's method of preparing, 

 157, 190 



Plasmas. See also Body fluids, Serums 



Plasmas, presence of fixatives in, 103 ; 

 bactericidal power of, 190, 543 



Plasmase (fibrin ferment), 95, 197, 550 



Plasmodia, intracellular digestion in, 30, 

 545 ; chemiotaxis of, 30 ; adaptation of, 

 to poisons, 30 



Pleuropneumonia, bacterium of, 3, 130, 478, 

 569; vaccinations against, 477-479; action 

 of serum from animals immunised against, 

 479; vaccinal methods used by savage 

 races against, 506 



Pneumococcus, modified growth of, in 

 serums from immunised animals, 256, 262 ; 

 vaccination against, 262; attenuated by 

 serums from vaccinated animals, 287; 

 agglutination of, 287 



Pneumo-enteritis of swine, cocco-bacillus 

 of, 259; action of serum of vaccinated 

 rabbits on bacillus of, 260, 266, 287, 532 ; 

 acquired immunity against, 260, 275, 311, 

 532 



Pneumonia, fibrinous, relapses separated 

 by periods of immunity, 434 



Poisons. See also Toxins 



Poisons, absorption of, by leucocytes, 393- 

 400 



Polyphagus euglenae, 12 



Potato attacked by Bacillus coli, Bo 



Precipitins in the blood serum, 68, 106, 107 ; 

 use of, in medico-legal investigations, 

 107, 568; and in the differentiation of 

 various kinds of milk, 107, 568 



Predisposition or absence of immunity, 7 



Preventive substances of Bordet (syn. fixa- 

 tives), 266 



Profetta, law of, 453 



Prote©tiYfi_Qr anti-infective property. See 

 also Antitoxic, Antitoxins, Blood, Body 

 fluids, Serums 



