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GENERAL INDEX 



Leptothrix, 401 



Leucocidin, 196 



Leuconostoc mesentericus, 474 



Leukocyte count in milk, variability of, 



in healthy cows, 492 

 Leukocytes in milk, 489 



methods of estimation of, 490 

 of dog and phagocytosis of anthrax 



bacilli, 62 



serum free, and lack of phagocy- 

 tosis, 60 



how prepared, 59 

 Levaditti's silvering method for spiro- 



chete, 121 

 Lime, caustic, as a disinfectant, 188 



chlorinated, as a disinfectant, 188 

 Lip-and-leg disease of sheep, 213 

 Litmus gelatin, 132 

 indicator, 523 

 milk, 134 



Loeffler's blood-serum mixture, 133 

 Lopophyton gallinarum, 422 

 Lopotricha, 31 



Lumpy jaw. See Actinomycosis. 

 Lung plague in cattle. See Pleuro- 



pneumonia, contagious. 

 Lymphadenitis, caseous, of sheep, 368 

 pathological lesions in, 369 

 Lymphangioitis farciminosa bo vis, 



402 

 Lymphangitis, epizootic, in horses due 



to blastomyces, 428 

 ulcerosa pseudofarcinosa, 315 

 Lysins, 69 

 Lysis, 70 

 Lyssa. See Rabies. 



M 



MACRONUCLEUS, 531 

 Macrophages, 57 



MacFarland apparatus for rapid nitra- 

 tion of toxins, 161 

 Malaria, 572 

 Malarial fever curves, 572 



parasites, 572 



Mallein, preparation of, 311 

 test, 311 



effect of, upon horses, 312 



for mules, 313 

 Malleus, 304 

 Mallory's eosin-methylene-blue stain, 



120 



Malta fever, 381 

 Manure, green, 464 

 Martin's bouillon, 442 

 Margaropus annulatus, 586 

 Mastigophora, 537 

 Mastitis in cows, bacteria of, 487 

 Maturation, phenomena of, 533 

 Measure, microscopic, 35 

 Meat-poisoning, bacteria of, 451 

 Membranelles in protozoa, 532 



Mercury bichloride as a disinfectant, 



188 



Merozoite, 535 



Metabolic products of bacteria, 41 

 Metachromatic granules, 30 

 Metric system, comparative tables of, 



621 



Methylene blue, Loeffler's alkaline, 107 

 Microbes, 22 



Micro-bunsen burner, 159 

 Micrococcus agilis, 437 



butyri aromafaciens, 475 

 candicans Fliigge, 475 

 caprinus, 381 

 catarrhalis, 379 

 cirrhiformis Migula, 479 

 coronatus Fliigge, 475 

 lactis acidi, 474 



Leichmann, 474 

 Marpmann, 474 

 viscpsi, 475 

 melitensis, 381 

 mucilaginosus, 474 

 pyogenes Rosenbach, 474 

 tetragenus, 437 

 urese, 458 



liquefaciens, 458 

 Micrometers, how to use them for 



measuring bacteria, 95, 96 

 Micro-gas lamp, 157 

 Micronucleus, 531 

 Microorganisms, 22 



causing fermentation, 23 

 non-pathogenic, 23 

 pathogenic, 22 



first discovery of, 20 

 role of, in nature, 23 

 thermophile, 38 

 thermotolerant, 39 

 Microphages, 57 



Microscope, first construction of, 18 

 modern, 92 

 parts of, 88 



source of light for use of, 87 

 use of, in study of bacteria, 87 

 Microsomes in protozoa, 532 

 Microsporidia, 569, 577 

 Microsporon audouini, equinum et 



caninum, 420 

 Microtome, 119 



Milk, acidity of, determination of, 502 

 alcoholic fermentation of, 479 

 bacterial analysis of, steps in, 496 

 counts, interpretation of re 



suits of, 499 

 in round numbers, 502 

 as a culture medium for bacteria, 



134 



bacteria in, source of, 470 

 bacteriology of, 469 

 certified, 503 



chromogenic bacteria in, 479 

 coagulation of, 516 

 Commission, medical, 503 



