CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE HISTORY OF BACTERIOLOGY 1 



II. THE CLASSIFICATION, MORPHOLOGY, BIOLOGY, AND DIS- 

 TRIBUTION OF BACTERIA 6 



III. THE DESTRUCTION OF BACTERIA, STERILIZATION AND 



DISINFECTION 17 



IV. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY 29 



V. THE GROUP OF PYOGENIC Cocci 42 



VI. THE BACILLI OF THE COLON, TYPHOID, DYSENTERY 



GROUP 55 



VII. BACTERIA CAUSING ACUTE INFECTIONS 70 



VIII. BACTERIA CAUSING CHRONIC INFECTIONS 91 



IX. THE DISEASES CAUSED BY THE MOLDS, YEASTS, AND 



HIGHER BACTERIA 99 



X. THE BACTERIA IN WATER AND MILK 105 



XI. DISEASES CAUSED BY PROTOZOA Ill 



XII. DISEASES CAUSED BY UNKNOWN MICRO-ORGANISMS . . . 122 

 XIII. THE TECHNIQUE OF PREPARATIONS FOR AND THE COL- 

 LECTION OF MATERIAL FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL EX- 

 AMINATION 130 



GLOSSARY 135 



INDEX 140 



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