INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



755 



Plague, bacillus of, in animals, in Man- 

 churian marmot, 560 

 inoculation in, 559 

 spontaneous infection in, 559 

 in man, 558 



autopsy findings in, 558 

 bacteriological diagnosis of, in life, 



558 

 infection in, 558 

 localized form of, 558 

 pneumonic form of, 558 

 transmission of, 560 

 Plague-like disease in rodents, 562 

 Planococcus, 37 

 Planosarcina, 37 

 Plasmolysis of bacterial cell, 23 

 Plasmoptysis of bacterial cell, 24 

 Plating in isolation of bacteria, 143 

 Pleural exudates, bacteriological exami- 

 nation of, 175~ 

 Pleuro-pneumonia, organism of, 542 

 Pneumobacillus. See Bacillus mucosus 



capsulatus 

 Pneumococcus, discovery of, 7 



different types of, 336 

 Pneumococcus. See Diplococcus pneu- 

 moniae 

 Pneumocoocus-streptococcus group, mu- 

 tation, 370 

 Pneumonia, complications of, 362 

 lobar, infectiousness of, 352 

 serum therapy for, 366 

 Poisons, bacterial. See Bacterial poi- 

 sons 

 Polar bodies, 11 



special stains for, 107 

 Poliomyelitis, acute anterior, 664 

 immunity in, 667 

 infectiousness of, 664 

 inoculation of animals with spinal 

 substance of, 664 

 by Flexner and Lewis, 665, 666 

 by Knoepfelmacher, 665 

 by Landsteiner and Levaditi, 665 

 by Landsteiner and Popper, 665 

 resistance of virus of, 666 

 Polychrome stains in staining of bac- 

 teria, 107 



Potassium permanganate as disinfect- 

 ant, 76 

 Potato media, 130 



glycerin, 130 

 Pour plate, technique of making, 145 

 Precipitin tests, 252 

 bacterial filtrates for, 254 



technique of, 255 

 determining nature of meat by, 



254 

 precipitating antisera for, 252 

 against albumin solutions, 253 

 technique of production of, 252 

 proteid solutions to be tested by, 

 254 

 Precipitins, 200, 235 



agglutinins and, structure of (Ehr- 

 Uch), 238 

 cell-receptors in, 238 

 theoretical considerations concern- 

 ing, 238 

 bacterial differentiation by, 237 

 differentiation of proteids by, 237, 



254 

 distinguishing blood of animal species 



by, 237 

 effect of heat on, 236 

 experimentation in, 235 

 group reaction of, 237 

 identity of, with sensitizers, 236 

 nature of, 236 

 specificity of, 237 

 Proagglutinoids, 235 

 Proteid differentiation by complement 

 fixation, 273 

 substances necessary for, 273 

 technique of, 274 

 by precipitins, 237, 254 

 Proteid injections, anaphylaxis in, 295. 



See also Anaphylaxis 

 Proteids in bacterial cell, 22 

 Proteins, bacterial, 186 

 Proteoljrtic enzymes, 43 

 action of, 44 



in breaking down animal excreta, 46 

 bacteria producing, 44 

 preteids necessary to, 44 

 ptomains produced by, 45 



