INDEX TO SUBJECTS 



Achorion Schonleini, 159 



Acid, formation by bacteria, 129 



Acids, as germicidal agents, 24 



Acne, 201 



Acquired Immunity. See Immunity. 



definition of, 262 

 Actinomyces, 8, 204 



cultivation of, 156, 157, 158 



morphology of, 156 



occurrence of, 155, 157 



staining of, 156 



Active immunity. See Immunity. 

 Acute anterior poliomyelitis, 169 

 Aerobe, 6, 53 

 Aerobic organisms, obligatory, 6 



facultative, 6 

 Agar for culture media, 43 



blood, 45 



blood smeared, 45 



slants, for cultivation of bacteria, 50 

 Agglutination reactions, 65, 66, 67, in, 112, 



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clinical diagnosis by, in typhoid, in 

 in differentiating various types of 

 pneumococci, 65, 66, 67 



differentiation of various bacterial spe- 

 cies by, 65, 66, 67, 113 



group agglutination in, 113 



macroscopic observation of, for deter- 

 mination of titer limit, 112 



macroscopic observation of, for clinical 

 diagnosis, in, 112 



specificity of, 113 



upon dead bacteria, 112 



upon living bacteria, 1 1 1 

 Agglutinins, 267 



diluted, agglutination reaction with, 112- 

 114 



experimentation with, 65-113 



group, 113 



in agglutination reactions, 111 



in various immune sera, 1 1 1 



nature of 113 



production of, in sera of animals, by, 65 

 injection of bacteria, 113 



reaction of, 113 



specificity of, 113 



Aggressins, 259 



action of, 259 



character of, 259 



occurrence of, 259 



theoretical consideration of, 259 

 Air, bacteria in. See Individual organisms. 

 Alcohol, 28 



antiseptic properties of, 28 



as fixative in staining, 22 



fermentation by yeasts, 164 



production of, 164 

 Alkalies, as germicidal agents, 24 

 Allergy, 271, 274 

 Amboceptor, 234, 235, 236, 237 



consideration of, 234, 235 



determination of in Wassermann test, 



237 



fixation of complement by, 234 

 occurrence and properties of, 234, 



237 



Anaerobe, 6, 53 54 

 Anaerobic bacteria, 6, 53, 54 



cultivation of, 53, 54 



facultative, 6 



obligatory, 6 



occurrence of, 130, 132, 134, 136 

 Anaphylaxis, 271 



definition of, 271 



experimentation in, 271, 272, 273 



observations in, 272 



phenomena of, 271 



proteid injection in, 271 



symptoms in, 272 



theoretical consideration concerning, 



273 



Anilin-gentian violet, 18 

 Anilin water, 18 

 Animals, 275 



experimentation, 275 



inoculations in, 177, 275 

 Anthrax, 139 



causes of, 139, 140 



occurrence of, 140 



vaccine, 222 

 Anthrax bacillus, entire consideration of, 



139-140 

 Antianthrax serum, 225 



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