CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



DEVELOPMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY 



Spontaneous Generation 18 



Fermentation 21 



Smallpox ... 24 



Anthrax .... 24 



Other Work of Pasteur 26 



Other Plagues Conquered ... .26 



Lister 26 



Yellow Fever ... 26 



Agricultural Bacteriology 27 



Future Work 27 



References 28 



CHAPTER II. 



BACTERIA AND THEIR PLACE IN NATURE 



Definition of Bacteria 29 



Divisions of Plant Kingdom 30 



Occurrence of Bacteria 31 



Role of Bacteria in Nature 32 



Divisions of Bacteriology 36 



CHAPTER III. 



MORPHOLOGY OF BACTERIA 



Bacilli 37 



Cocci 37 



Spirilla 38 



Gradations 38 



Pleiomorphism 38 



Involution Forms 38 



Size and Weight 39 



Brownian Movement . 40 



Organs of Locomotion 42 



Cell Wall Ectoplasm) 42 



Capsules 43 



Sheath 43 



Zooglcea 43 



Cytoplasm 43 



Metachromatic Granules 43 



Spores 44 



Longevity of Bacteria 45 



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