CONTENTS 



SECTION I 



THE GENERAL BIOLOGY OF BACTERIA AND THE 

 TECHNIQUE OF BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDY 



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I. THE DEVELOPMENT AND SCOPE OF BACTERIOLOGY ...... 1 



II GENERAL MORPHOLOGY, REPRODUCTION, AND CHEMICAL AND 



PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE BACTERIA ....!.... 9 



til. THE RELATION OF BACTERIA TO ENVIRONMENT, AND THEIR 



CLASSIFICATION 25 



IV. THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF BACTERIA 40 



V. THE DESTRUCTION OF BACTERIA 62 



VI. METHODS USED IN THE MICROSCOPIC STUDY AND STAINING OF 



BACTERIA . 93 



VII. THE PREPARATION OF CULTURE MEDIA 113 



VIII. METHODS USED IN THE CULTIVATION OF BACTERIA 141 



IX METHODS DETERMINING BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF BACTERIA . 164 

 X. THE BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MATERIAL FROM 



PATIENTS . .174 



SECTION II 



INFECTION AND IMMUNITY 



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XI. FUNDAMENTAL FACTORS OF PATHOGENICITY AND INFECTION . . 181 

 XII. DEFENSIVE FACTORS OF THE ANIMAL ORGANISM 189 



XIII. TOXINS AND ANTITOXINS 203 



XIV. PRODUCTION AND TESTING OF ANTITOXINS 216 



XV. LYSINS, AGGLUTININS, PRECIPITINS, AND OTHER ANTIBODIES , 224 



XVI. THE TECHNIQUE OF SERUM REACTIONS . . . . ... . . 250 



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