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BACTERIA, YEASTS, AND MOLDS 



Brown rot, 41. 

 Bubonic plague, 221. 

 Budding, 10, 60; fungi, 61. 

 Butter, flavor of , 6, 131, 198 ; ruined 



by bacteria, 134; salting of, 164. 

 By-products, 127. 



Camembert cheese, 52. 

 Canned foods, value of, 181 ; mold- 

 ing of, 26. 

 Canning, 5, 169 ; failures, cause of, 



i?5- 



Canning in factories, 177. 



Carbolic acid, as a disinfectant, 258 ; 

 as a preservative, 1 58. 



Carbon dioxide, 56, 



Carpets, molding of, 33. 



Casein, 125. 



Cats, as distributers of disease, 221. 



Cattle, as distributers of tuberculo- 

 sis, 222. 



Celery, 234. 



Cellar, use of, for preserving food, 



154. 



Cephalothecium, 21. 



Certified milk, 186, 229. 



Charque, 144. 



Cheese, flavor of, 6, 198 ; molding 

 of, 27, 37; poisoning, 199; pres- 

 ervation of, in brine, 164. 



Chills and fever, 214. 



Chloride of lime, 259. 



Cholera, 204, 220, 222, 223, 227, 238. 



Cider, 64, 71 ; as a source of vine- 

 gar, 133. 



Cloth, molding of, 33. 



Clothing, disinfection of, 243, 263. 



Coccus, 104. 



Cold, as a disinfectant, 257; as a 

 preservative, 148. 



Cold storage, 148 ; effect of, on 

 molds, 37 ; food from, 1 50. 



Cool temperatures, devices for, 155. 



Commercial yeast, impurities in, 91. 



Compressed yeast, 78 ; keeping of, 

 80. 



Consumption, 212, 220, 232, 241, 

 252. 



Contagion, conditions of, 213. 



Contagious diseases, i, 6; distribu- 

 tion of, 7, 208, 212. 



Corn, canning of, 173, 174, 178, 180. 



Corned beef, 164. 



Corrosive sublimate, as a disinfect- 

 ant, 258 ; as a preservative, 158. 



Coughing, a means of distributing 

 bacteria, 232. 



Crackers, preservation of, 142. 



Curtains, in sick rooms, 121. 



Darkness, effect on mold growth, 



36. 



Death of bacteria by heating, no. 



Decay, i, 4, 128, 129; advantages 

 of, 130. 



Decay of fruit, 41, 49; prevention 

 of, 44. 



Decomposition of food, 126; prod- 

 ucts, 127. 



Deodorants, 259. 



Diastase, 86. 



Diphtheria, 204, 219, 227, 238, 239, 

 241, 243, 244, 248, 250, 252. 



Dirt, bacteria in, 118. 



Disease bacteria, 203 ; vigor of, 207. 



Disease germs, 6, 122. 



Diseases, caused by molds, 53 ; cause 

 of, 210, 212 ; course of, 205; how 

 produced, 203 ; prevention of, 7. 



Dishcloths, 138. 



