CONTENTS 



PART I 



AFTER [PAGE 



I. BACTERIA r ..... , . . . . , 1 



II. FACTORS INFLUENCING BACTERIAL GROWTH. DISINFECT- 

 ANTS. RESULT OF BACTERIAL GROWTH .... 13 



III. STERILIZATION OF GLASSWARE. PREPARATION OF CUL- 



TURE MEDIA 24 



IV. MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION AND STAINING OF BACTERIA . 38 

 V. CULTIVATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA . . 51 



VI. BACTERIA IN NATURAL PROCESSES AND INDUSTRIES . . 64 



VII. BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF WATER AND SEWAGE . 74 



VIII. MILK 83 



PART II 



IX. ABILITY OF BACTERIA TO PRODUCE DISEASE ... 94 



X. BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS 105 



XI. BACTERIAL TOXINS AND ANTITOXINS 112 



XII. IMMUNITY 122 



XIII. OPSONINS, AGGLUTININS, PRECIPITINS, LYSIN . . . 133 



XIV. TYPES OF IMMUNITY. PREPARATION OF VACCINE. ANA- 



PHYLAXIS . 143 



XV. THE PYOGENIC Cocci 153 



XVI. PNEUAIOCOCCUS, MENINGOCOCCUS, GONOCOCCUS . . . 164 



XVII. THE DIPHTHERIA BACILLUS 177 



XVIII. THE TUBERCLE BACILLUS AND OTHER ACID-FAST ORGAN- 

 ISMS 188 



XIX. INTESTINAL BACTERIA. THE COLON-TYPHOID GROUP . 200 

 XX. THE COLON TYPHOID GROUP (continued) . . . .208 



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