CONTENTS xv 



CHAPTER X ANTIBACTERIAL SERUM 



THERAPY 110 



Indications for using antibacterial sera, 110 

 Reasons for failure in antibacterial serum therapy, 

 110 Polyvalent sera, 112 Differences between anti- 

 toxic and antibacterial sera, 112 Antipneumococcus 

 Serum, 113 History of pneumonia, 113 Prevalence 

 of pneumonia, 115 Serum treatment of pneumonia, 

 116 History of, 116 Reasons for failure in, 117 

 Action of Antipneumococcus Serum, 118 Dosage, 

 118 Intravenous administration, 119 Results, 121 

 Antistreptococcus Serum, 123 Scarlet fever, 123 

 Erysipelas, 124 Sepsis, 125 Action of Anti- 

 streptococcus Serum, 26 Serum treatment of scar- 

 let fever, 126 Serum treatment of septicemia, 127 

 Antistreptococcus Serum used locally, 129 Dosage 

 of Antistreptococcus Serum, 130 Antigonococcus 

 Serum, 132 Clinical reports, 132 Indications for 

 Antigonococcus Serum, 133 Dosage, 134 Results, 

 135 Antimeningococcus Serum, 136 Historic, 136 

 Prevalence, 136 Mortality of meningitis, 137 

 Flexner's work, 137 Results of serum treatment, 

 138 Rationale of treatment, 138 Dosage, 140 

 Method of intraspinal administration, 141 Inserting 

 the needle, 141 Cerebrospinal fluid, 142 Blood 

 pressure guide, 143 Adjusting the apparatus, 144. 



CHAPTER XI NORMAL SERUM THERAPY 147 



Normal serum, 147 Composition of, 147 Clini- 

 cal use of, 148 Indications for, 148 Hemophilia, 

 148 History of use of normal serum, 149 Action 

 of normal serum, 150 Dosage and administration, 

 151. 



PART III 



SERUM DIAGNOSIS 



CHAPTER XII COMPLEMENT FIXATION . 152 



Nature of reagents used, 152 Hemolysis, 154 

 Principle involved, 154 Practical application, 155 

 Essential factors, 156 Technic of complement fix- 

 ation, 156 Making the test, 159 Recording the 

 test, 160 Complement fixation in gonorrhea, 161 

 Practical value of complement fixation, 162 Was- 

 sermann reaction in syphilis, 163 Practical value 

 of, 164. 



