SUBJECT INDEX 



Acids, disinfection by, 76, 82, 84 



Adaptation to poisons, 58 



Age of cells, effect on death, 42, 

 141 



Alcohols, concentration exponents 

 of, 73, 89; disinfection by, 89 



Algae, death of, 51 



Alkalies, disinfection by, 85, 108 



Antagonists to sulfonamides, 153 



Antibiotics, 164 



Antidotes, 82, 86 



Antiseptics, definition of, 62, 63. 

 119; effect of age of cells on ac- 

 tion of, 141; effect of concentra- 

 tion of, 120, 132, 141, 148; effect 

 of cell concentration on, 133, 

 143; effect of temperature on, 

 121; evaluation of, 118, 120; 

 mode of action of, 130, 138; se- 

 lectivity of, 123 



Argyn, argyrol, 88 



Aspergillus, death of spores of, 51 



Bacteriostasis, 137 

 Benzoic acid, 157, 162 



Cell concentration, and antisepsis, 



133, 143; and death time, 54 

 Cell mechanisms, 9, 10, 11 

 Chemotherapy, 83 

 Clilarnydomonas. death of, 51, 52 

 Chlorine, efficiency of, 80, 82, 92; 



disinfection, abnormal order of 



death in, 51, 53 

 Colloidal metals, 88, 89 

 Colpidium, death of, 51, 52 

 Concentration exponents, 66, 73, 



102; meaning of, 70 



Copper salts, 88, 89 



Crop decrease by antiseptics, 121, 

 129, 169 



Crystal violet, 127, 138 



Dead cells protecting living cells, 



58 



Death, a mutation, 41; by heat, 14, 

 15, 18; by X-rays, 14, 15, 18; 

 cause of, 28, 31; definition of, 9, 

 40; non-logarithmic order of, 

 42; order of, 13, 28, 31; order 

 of, when very slow, 47 



Deathrate constant, 28, 30 



Deathtime, 30 



Decimal reduction time, 30 



Detergents, 99 



Disinfectants, as antiseptics, 128, 

 132; concentration exponents 

 of, 66; definition of, 62, 63, 119; 

 efficiency of, 101, 109; interfer- 

 ence by foreign matter, 80; se- 

 lectivity of, 65; standardization 

 of, 101, 109; temperature coef- 

 ficients of, 74 



Dormancy at low temperature, 79 

 Drug-fastness by adaptation, 58 

 Dyes, 136; selective action of, 65 



Enzymes, inactivation of, as cause 

 of death, 36 seq.; inactivation by 

 sulfonamides, 149; molecules 

 per cell, 37 



Evaluation of antiseptics. 118, 120; 

 of disinfectants. 101, 109 



Fatty acids, 98 



Federal Drug Administration 

 method, 103 



Flour beetle, death of, 14, 18 



Formaldehyde, as antiseptic, 130; 

 as disinfectant, 90, 106, 112, 129 

 Fruitflies, death by heat, 18 



Genes affected chemically, 41 

 Gentian violet, 127, 138 

 Gliotoxin, 165 



Graded resistance, 25, 31, 35, 36, 

 45, 56 



Gram stain, and antisepsis, 123; 



and disinfection, 64 

 Gramicidine. 124, 165 

 Growth retardation by antiseptics, 



150, 163 



Halogens, 92 



Hands, disinfection of. 96, 100 



Hydrogen ions as disinfectants, 



76, 82, 84 



Hydrogen peroxide, 83, 89, 91, 106, 

 112 



Inactivation, of enzymes, 36; of 

 genes, 40 



