CONTENTS 



PART I 



HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT OF IMMUNOLOGY 



CHAPTER I HISTORY OF MEDICINE .... 1 



Primitive medicine, 1 Ancient folk belief, 2 

 Greek medicine, 4 Hippocrates' systematic science, 

 4 Early botanists, 6 Galen's experimental medi- 

 cine, 8 Seventeenth century medicine, 8 Micro- 

 scope, 8 Eighteenth century medicine, 9 Vaccina- 

 tion, 10 Nineteenth century medicine, 11 Biology, 

 12 Physiology, 13 Bacteriology, 14 Immuniza- 

 tion, 15 Immune therapy, 16 Twentieth century 

 medicine, 17 Experimental science, 17 Opsonic in- 

 dex, 19 Serology, 19. 



CHAPTER II BACTERIOLOGY 21 



Origin, 21 Early microscopy, 21 Germ theory 

 of disease, 21 Bacteria, 23 Shape and classifica- 

 tion of bacteria, 24. 



CHAPTER III DEVELOPMENT OF IMMUNE 



THERAPY 26 



Historic, 26 Pasteur's achievements, 27 Basis 

 of vaccination, 28 Vaccine therapy, 30 Serum 

 therapy, 31 Theories upon which immune therapy 

 is founded, 33 Phagocytosis, 33 Ehrlich's side- 

 chain theory, 34 Wright's opsonic theory, 37. 



CHAPTER IV TYPES OF IMMUNITY .... 38 



Nature and types of immunity, 38 Natural im- 

 munity, 38 Acquired immunity, 38 Active im- 

 munity, 39 Passive immunity, 40 Antibodies, 41 

 Types of antibodies, 43 Source of antibodies, 44 

 Specificity of antibodies, 45. 



CHAPTER V METHODS OF IMMUNIZATION 46 



Active immunization, 46 Active immunization 

 for prophylaxis, 46 Therapeutic active immuniza- 

 tion, 48 Passive immunization, 51 Passive immuni- 

 zation for prophylaxis, 51 Therapeutic passive im- 

 munization, 53. 



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