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SURVEY OF THE FACTS BEARING ON ACQUIRED IMMUNITY AGAINST MICRO-ORGANISMS 207 The discovery of attenuated viruses and its application to vaccination against infective diseases.—Vaccination by microbial products.—Vaccination with serums.—The acquired immunity of the frog against pyocyanic disease.—The acquired immunity against vibrios.—Extracellular destruction of the cholera vibrio.—Part played by two substances in Pfeiffer’s phenomenon.—Specificity of fixatives.—Phagolysis and its relation to the extracellular destruction of vibrios.—Part played by phagocytosis in the acquired immunity against vibrios.—Fate of the spirilla of recurrent fever in the organism of immunised guinea-pigs.—Acquired immunity against the bacteria of typhoid fever and pyocyanic disease.—Acquired immunity against swine erysipelas and anthrax.—Acquired immunity against the streptococcus.—The acquired immunity of rats against _Trypanosoma_.