XIV CONTENTS 



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(c) Cause of death by heat 326 



(d) Death by heat in concentrated solutions 330 



(e) Thermal deathpoints 332 



(/) Summary 334 



VII. Death BY Poisons 335 



(a) Methods 335 



lb) The order of death 339 



(c) Chemical considerations 342 



(d) Effect of concentration of poison 346 



(e) Mechanism of poisoning 355 



(J) Temperature coefficient of poisoning 363 



(g) Other theories of chemical disinfection 366 



(h) Summary 368 



VIII. Death by Surface Tension Depression 369 



IX. Death BY Light AND Other Rays 371 



X. Death through Age 374 



XI. Death by Starvation 377 



(a) Starvation in water 377 



(6) Starvation in salt solutions 380 



(c) Starvation from lack of nitrogenous food 383 



(d) The fundamental reaction in starvation 384 



(e) Summary 385 



XII. Death by Suffocation 387 



XIII. Summary on Death 392 



APPENDIX 



I. The size of microorganisms 395 



II. Multiplication of bacteria 398 



III. The fermenting capacity of the cell 404 



Author Index 409 



Subject Index 429 



