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 V ........ 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 



Zoogloaa 43 



Cytoplasm 43 



Metachromatic Granules 43 



Spores 44 



Longevity of Bacteria 45 



