CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND TECHNIQUE. 



PAGE 



Introduction . ix 



CHAPTER I. CLASSIFICATION, STRUCTURE, AND RE- 

 PRODUCTION . . .... 17 



" II. ORIGIN, LIFE, GROWTH, AND PROPERTIES 23 



" III. METHODS OF EXAMINATION . . . 26 



" IV. STAINING OF BACTERIA .... 30 



" V. GENERAL METHOD OF STAINING SPECI- 

 MENS 34 



" VI. SPECIAL METHODS OF STAINING . .37 



" VII. METHODS OF CULTURE .... 39 



" VIII. NUTRIENT MEDIA 44 



" IX. SOLID TRANSPARENT MEDIA ... 47 



" X. INOCULATION OF GELATINE AND AGAR . 53 



" XI. GROWTH AND APPEARANCES OF COLONIES 58 



" XII. CULTIVATION OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA . 60 



" XIII. MANNER IN WHICH BACTERIA ACT UPON 



BODY 62 



" XIV. IMMUNITY 66 



XV. ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS .... 68 



(vii) 



