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INDEX 



Canned foods, chemical changes in, 527 



corn, 534 



digestibility of, 528 



fish, 534 



fruits, 535 



meat, 533 



olives, 573 



palatability, 528 



peas, 534 



physical changes in, 526 



processing of, 532 



spoilage of, 540 



sterilization of, 532 



vegetables, 534 

 Canning, cleanliness in, 535 



condition of raw material, 535 



disposal of factory refuse, 540 



heat required for, 536 



home, 539 



number of spores, relation of, 

 536 



receptacles for, 536 



resistance of spores, 536 



water supply, 536 



Canning of foods, commercial impor- 

 tance, 526 



dietetic importance, 525 



economic importance, 525 



health importance, 525 



pasteurization, 530 

 Capsules of bacteria, 104 

 Carbohydrate fermentation, products of, 

 238 



foods, drying of, 521 

 Carbohydrates, in cells, 190 



enzymes of, 208, 209 



as food, 223, 226 



in soil, 375 

 Carbon cycle, 259 



dioxide, as food, 222, 223, 226 

 oxidation in soil, 351 



monoxide, as food, 222, 224 



sources for organisms, 222 

 Carbon-nitrogen ratio in soils, 382 

 Carchesium polypinum, 19 

 Carotin bodies, 247 



Carriers of infection, air, 664 



animal, 667 



food, 666 



human, 668 



milk, 467, 666 



water, 666 



Carrot, soft rot of, 984 

 Caterpillars, bacillary septicaemia of, 



918 



Cathode, 160 

 Cations, 159, 160 

 Cattle plague, 856 

 Cauliflower, rot of, 983 

 Causes of infection, 675 

 Cell, binuclearity of, 18 



chemical content, 186 



diffusion, 184 



ionization in, 185 



mechanism, 151 



membrane, 103 



nutrition, 149 



osmosis in, 177 



plasmolysis in, 177 



reproduction, 27 



structure of, 15 



as unit of life, 147 



wall, of bacteria, 102 



of molds, 47 

 Cellulase, 208, 209 

 Cellulose, decomposition by molds, 362 



fermentation of, 237 



in microorganisms, 191 



in soil, 375 



Centrifugal separation of milk, 456 

 Centriole, 16 

 Centriole-nucleolus, 1 7 

 Centrodesmose, 25 

 Centrosome, 16 

 Cercomonas, 135 



Cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic, 787 

 Certified milk, 432 

 Channels of infection, 659 

 Character of milk, 428 

 Cheddar cheese, 500 

 Cheese, abnormal, 498 



acid-curd, 486 



