INDEX. 



339 



Bacillus, vaginalis, 153 



violaceus, 223 



Bacteria, acid-proof, 43, 46, 149, 

 154, 287, 295, 301 



aerobic, 126 



anaerobic, 126 



cultivation of, 91 



chlorophyll, relation to, n, 125, 

 132, iS7_ 



chromogenic, 128 



cultivation of, 84 



classification, 117 



definition, 13 



diseases caused by, 159 



distribution, 14, 133 



examination with the micro- 

 scope, 29 



ferments formed by, 128 



fluorescent, 128, 222, 262 



forms of, 117, 118 



higher, 229 



in disease, 157 



influence of electricity, 127 

 of oxygen, 126 

 of sunlight, 126 



microscopic examination, 29 



motility, 124 



multiplication, 122 



non-pathogenic, 120, 221 



number of species, 221 



nutrition of, 125 



of air, 135, 163 



of the alimentary canal, 154 



of foods, 144, 164 



of the cranial sinuses, 151 



of the gall-bladder, 151, 308, 

 312 



of the intestines, 154, 155 



of ice, 136, 144 



of milk, 144, 164 



of the mouth, 152, 227, 228, 230, 

 253, ^61 



of the nasal cavity, 152, 261 



of the normal human body, 



151 



of the skin, 151 

 of soil, 133, 164 

 of the stomach, 154 

 of the urethra, 153 

 of the vagina, 153 

 of water, 136, 164 

 pathogenic, 121, 235 

 phosphorescent, 128 

 29 



Bacteria, products of growth, 128, 



146, 150, 172 

 pyogenic, 237 

 size, 14, 121 

 staining, 39, 40 



in tissues, 48, 51 

 transmission of specimens by 



mail, no 



vegetative forms, 122 

 Bacterial products, 128, 146, 150, 



172 



Bacteriolysis, 184, 187, 189 

 Bacterium, definition, 119 



coli commune, 309, 145, 146, 



150, 156, 175, 192, 261, 313 

 syncyanum, 226 

 termo, 132, 264 

 urese, 227 

 Zopfii, 227 



Balsam, Canada, 38, 40, 52 

 Basic aniline dyes, 39 

 Basophilic granules, 51, 53 

 Beef-tea, 71 

 Beggiatoa, 229 

 Beri-beri, 160 

 Berkenfeld filter, 69 

 Bichloride of mercury (see Mercury, 



bichloride) 

 Biedert's method for examining 



sputum, 47 



Birds, tuberculosis of, 295 

 Bismarck brown, 39, 42 

 Black death, 268 



leg, 178 



Blastomycetic dermatitis, 233 

 Blood-agar, 81, 277 

 Blood, cultures from, 109 



of another species, immunity 



for, 1 88, 192 

 -poisoning, 239 

 specimens of, 108 

 -serum-agar, 80 



germicidal power, 190 



Loffler, 80 



Marmorek, 81, 249 



preparation, 79 



sterilization, 67, 79 



-test for typhoid fever, 304, 



191 



staining of, 55 

 Blue milk, bacillus of, 226 

 pus, 263 

 vitriol, 208 



