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INDEX. 



Bacteria, odors produced by, 10 

 pigments produced by, 10 

 reproduction of, 9 

 size of, 8 

 structure of, 6 

 Bichloride of mercury, 23 

 Blastomyces, 101 

 Blood, collection of, 131 



cultures of, 133 

 Bubonic plague, 80 

 bacillus of, 80 

 immunity to, 82 

 prevention of, 81 

 spread of, 81 



Cellulitis, 43 



Chicken-pox, 125 



Coccus, 8 



Contagion, 29 



Clothing, disinfection of, 26 



Culture media, 12 



Diphtheria, 85 



antitoxin, preparation of, 38 

 serum sickness, 90 

 treatment, 90 

 bacillus, 85 



morphology, 86 

 carriers, 89 

 diagnosis of, 87 

 disinfection after, 90 

 spread of, 88 

 toxin, 87 

 Diplococcus, 8 



of pneumonia, 48 

 Disinfectant solutions, 22, 23, 



24 



gases, 25 

 Disinfection, 17 



Empyema, 44 



Endocarditis, 43, 44, 47, 75 

 Endotoxins, 35 



Farcy, 73 



Favus, parasite of, 103 



Feces, collection of, 131 



disinfection of, 26 

 Flagellum, 10 

 Food, bacteria in, 14 

 Formaldehyde gas, 25, 27 

 Formalin, 22 



German measles, 124 

 Germs, discovery of, 1 



as cause of disease, 3 

 Glanders, 72 



bacillus, 72 

 toxins of, 73 



diagnosis of, 74 

 Gonococcus, 45 

 Gonorrhea, 45 

 Gonorrheal conjunctivitis, 47 



vaginitis, 47 



Hydrophobia, 125 



Immunity, 35 



acquired, 36 



natural, 35 



passive, 38 



racial, 35 



vaccines in, 37 

 Infection, definition of, 29 



how it takes place, 32 



injury as cause of, 32 

 Infestation, 30 

 Influenza bacillus, 51, 74 



