Amaurosis, 21 Amputations, value of transfusion following, 32 Anæmia, 19, 50 acute, 19, 20 amount of blood necessary in transfusion treatment, 25 effect of transfusion on, 22 following hæmorrhage, 20, 24 signs and symptoms of, 20 transfusion treatment of, 31 aplastic, 50 hæmophilia with, 48 splenic, 50 _see also_ Pernicious anæmia Anæsthesia, transfusion in conjunction with, 33 Anæsthetics, shock accentuated by administration of, 31 Anaphylactic shock, following transfusion, 77 in pernicious anæmia, 57 influence on coagulation time of blood, 45 Anastomosis, Crile’s method, 109 for direct transfusion, 108, 109 Antecubital veins, injection of blood into, 134, 135 Anti-agglutinins, 74 Antibodies, in the blood, 58 Anticoagulants, 16 action of, 120, 122 in hæmophilia, 47 sodium citrate, 121 transfusion with, 118 Aplastic anæmia, 50 Arm tourniquet, 126, 128 Army, blood transfusion in, 17 Arteries, in direct transfusion, 108, 109 occlusion of, prevention of, 109 selection of, for transfusion, 108 Asthma, transmission of, 68 Auto-hæmolysins, development of, 94 Auto-hæmolysis of blood outside the body, 94 phenomenon of, 94, 95 Bacteria, blood inhibiting growth of, 58 Bacterial infections, 58-63 transfusion in relation to, 58, 60 Benzol poisoning, transfusion treatment of, 65, 66 Blood, administration of, apparatus for, 115, 126, 127, 130-133 methods, 108, 112, 130-135 time occupied in, 131, 132 agglutinins and iso-agglutinins in, 15, 71, 72, 74 amount in the body, how measured, 22, 23 animals’, use of, 5, 6, 8, 9, 15 anti-agglutinins in, 74 antibodies in, 58 auto-hæmolysis of, 94 bactericidal power of, 58 calcium content of, 120 citrated, _see_ Citrated blood clotting of, _see_ Coagulation coagulation of, _see_ Coagulation defibrinated, early use of, 11, 12 examination of, for transfusion, 56, 57, 95 hydrogen-ion concentration of, 28 immunized, in pyogenic infections, 58 inhibiting growth of bacteria, 58 loss of, _see_ Hæmorrhage maternal, agglutinins in, 86 of donors, _see_ Blood donors of patients, reinfusion with, 42, 43 testing of, 56 rapid administration, danger of, 78 substitutes for, 35, 36 testing of, for transfusion, 68, 83, 92, 95 total quantity in the body, 22 transfused, corpuscles in, 37 relative value of corpuscles and plasma in, 36, 37 withdrawal of, methods and technique, 108, 112, 116, 126-128 Blood clot, mechanism of formation of, 119 rapid hæmorrhage causing, 24 _see also_ Coagulation