INDEX 



ABSCESS, 51 



stitch, 110 



Achorion schoenleinii, 179 

 Acid; effect of, on stained bac- 

 teria, 26 



formed by bacteria, 35 

 Acid-fast, definition of, 26, 77 

 Aerobic bacteria, definition of, 20 

 Agglutination of typhoid bacilli, 



70 



Agglutinin, nature of, 69 

 Alcohol, effect of, on leukocytes, 



66 

 Anaerobic bacteria, definition of, 



20 



Anaphylaxis, nature of, 74 

 Animal parasites, 148 

 Anopheles in malaria, 57, 126 

 Anthrax, bacillus of, 174 



immunity of dogs to, 63 



through food, 140 

 Antibodies as defence against 



bacteria, 66 



Antimeningococcus serum, 113 

 Antiseptic surgery, Lister's, 12 

 Antiseptics, effect of, on bacteria, 



36 



Antistreptococcus serum, 107 

 Antitoxin of diphtheria, 97 



of tetanus, 101 



Antitoxins, nature and role of, 66 

 Arnold steam sterilizer, 44 



sterilizer for milk, 132 



Autoclave, 45, 155 

 Autopsies, collection of material 

 from, 166 



BACILLUS boltulinus, 139 



coli, 168 



definition of, 15 



enteritidis, 139 



grip, 169 



mallei, 172 



of anthrax, 174 



of blue pus, 171 



of diphtheria, 93 



of dysentery, 84 



of glanders, 172 



of influenza, 169 



of lactic acid, 136 



of leprosy, 176 



of malignant edema, 175 



of paratyphoid fever, 169 



of plague, 173 



of pneumonia, 169 



of scarlet fever, 120 



of tetanus, 99 



of tuberculosis, 89 



of typhoid fever, 79 



of typhus fever, 175 



pestis, 173 



proteus vulgaris, 140 



pyocyaneus, 171 



typhi exanthematici, 175 

 Bacteria, character of, 14 



cultivation of, 27 



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