GENERAL INDEX 



ABERRATION of rays of light, chromatic 



and spherical, 89 



Abortion, infectious, in cows, 318 

 serum tests for, 320 

 in mares, 321 

 Abscess, cold, 336 

 Acetic-acid bacteria, 466 

 Achorion keratophagus, 422 



Schonleinii, 420 

 Acid, carbolic, as a disinfectant, 188 



formation of, by bacteria, 139 

 Actinobacillosis, 414 

 Actinomyces bicolor, 403 



classification and morphology of, 



408 



cultural properties of, 411 

 gelatinous degeneration of, 411 

 granule, morphology of, 410 

 morphology of fungus in pure 



culture, 412 

 resistance of, 413 

 staining methods for, 409 

 Actinomycosis, 405 



natural infection with, 413 

 pathological changes in, 405 

 subcutaneous, 407 



Actinomycotic material, how to ex- 

 amine microscopically, 408 

 Aerobic bacteria, 40 

 Agar-agar, culture medium, 130 

 filtration and sedimentation of, 



131 

 medium for cultivation of ameba, 



541 

 Agglutination, 70 



test for glanders, 314 

 Agglutinins, 69 

 Aggressin, 59 

 Air, bacteriological examination of, 175 



exact method of, 176 

 Albumin-free solutions as culture 



media, 135 

 Alcohol conversion into acetic acid, 



chemical formula, 467 

 as a disinfectant, 191 

 formation by bacteria, 139 

 Alcoholic fermentation, discovery of 



its cause, 20 



Allantiasis. See Botulismus. 

 Altmann's granules in protozoa, 530 



Amboceptor, hemolytic, 77 



thermostabile, 77 



Ameba coli, 545. See also Entameba. 

 in hanging-plate culture, 544 

 how raised in cultures, 541 

 meleagridis, 549 

 methods of staining, 540 

 microscopic study of, 540 

 morphology of, 539 

 pathogenic, 545 

 Ammonia, test for, 141 

 Amphitricha, 31 

 Amylobacter, 475 

 Anaerobic bacteria, 40 

 Analysis, gravimetric, 520 



volumetric, 520 

 Anaphylaxis, 84 



Animal experiments with bacteria, 169 

 Anisogamy, 535 

 Anopheles maculipennis, 573 

 Antagonism between bacteria, 44 

 Anthrax, 241 



bacillus and spores, resistance of, 



247 



asporogenous, 245 

 cultural properties of, 245 

 discovery of, 242 

 morphology of, 242 

 spore formation of, 243 

 diagnosis of, 248 

 modes of infection under natural 



conditions, 248 

 occurrence and pathogenesis of, 



241 



pathological lesions, 241 

 preparation of suspected material 



for laboratory diagnosis, 249 

 prophylaxis of, 250 

 spores, germination of, 244 

 symptomatic, pathological lesions, 



254 



vaccines and serumtherapy, 250 

 Antibodies, 70 

 Antigen, 71 



and antibody, union of, 78 

 Antiseptics, 186 

 Antitoxic units, 72 



value, unexplained loss of, 85 

 Antitoxins. See Toxins and antitoxins. 

 Aphthae epizooticse. See Foot-and- 

 mouth disease. 

 Apiosoma. See Piroplasma. 



