INDEX. 



349 



Sponges, surgical preparation of, 218 

 Spontaneous generation, 13, 23 

 Spores, 13, 24, 122 



arthro-, 123 



endogenous, 123 

 Spores of the malarial parasite, 330, 



332 

 Spores of moulds, 233 



resistance to heat, etc., 123 



staining, 56 



Sporotricha or sporothrix, 233 

 Sputum, collection, 44, 108 



disinfection, 45, 208 



staining, 44, 108, 287 

 Stab-culture, 86 

 Staining, 39, 40 



bacteria in tissues, 48, 51 



blood, 55 



capsules, 57 



diphtheria bacillus, 278 



flagella, 58 



gonococcus, 258 



Gram's method, 41, 52 



malarial parasite, 55, 109 



sections, 51 



spores, 56 



tubercle bacillus, 43 



in milk, 44, 149 



sputum, 44, 45, 



1 08 



tissue, 54 

 Stalactite growth of plague bacillus, 



265, 266 

 Staphylococcus, definition, 118 



cereus albus, 237 

 flavus, 237 



epidermidis albus, 246, 147, 152 



pyogenes albus, 245 



aureus (see also Suppura- 

 tion), 243, 148 



pyogenet, citreus, 237 

 Steam sterilization, 63, 211 

 Stegomyia, 165, 335 

 Sterilization, 63, 211 



after autopsies, 105, 106, 209 



by the autoclave, 68 



by boiling, 63, 139, 211, 214 



by filtration, 69, 139 



by steam, 63, 211 



by the naked flame, 61 



fractional, 63 



hot-air, 61 



Sterilization, intermittent, 63 



of blood-serum, 67, 79 



of culture-media, 63, 71, 74, 

 79, 83 



of cultures, 99, 115 



of dressings, 219 



of glassware, 61, 62 



of gloves, rubber, 214 



of hands, 212 



of instruments, 214 



of ligatures, 215, 217, 218 



of milk in infant feeding, 146 



of test-tubes, 82 



of water, 139 



steam, 63, 211 

 Sterilizer, Arnold, 64 



hot-air, 62 



Koch, 66, 67 



Massachusetts, 66 



steam, 64 

 Stern berg's bulbs, no 



determination thermal death- 

 point of bacteria, 125 



tests for germicides, 195 

 Stewart's forceps, 36, 38 

 Stick-culture (see Stab-culture) 

 Stitch-abscesses, 246 

 Stoddart's culture-medium, 304 

 Stomach, bacteria of, 154 

 Stools, disinfection, 208 

 Storage of water, 138 

 Straus' method for diagnosis of 



glanders, 298 



Streptococcus, definition, 118 

 brevis, 246 



lanceolatus, 251 



longus, 246 



mucosus, 255 



of erysipelas, 250 



pyogenes (see also Suppura- 

 tion), 246, 145, 170 



serum, 249 

 Streptothrix, 229, 230, 301 



actinomyces, 299 



cuniculi, 231 

 Stropping knives, 51 

 Substance sensibilitrice, 188 

 Sugar-free bouillon, 74 

 Sugars in culture-media, 74, 76, 77 

 Sulphur, use in disinfection, 204, 



210 



Sunlight, influence on bacteria, 126 

 Suppuration, 235 



