686 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Bacillus of tuberculosis, 263 

 typhosus, 402 

 of whooping-cough, 613 

 Bacteria, adaptation to soil of, 91 

 attenuation of, 262 

 chemical composition of, 50 



effects of, 60 

 classification of, 257 

 definition of, 34 

 elimination of, from the body, 



115 



entrance of, into the blood, 116 

 general characteristics of, 33 

 influence of, one species on an- 

 other, 56, 137 

 invasion of, in tissues after 



death, 198 



involution, forms of, 49 

 manner in which they produce 



disease, 92 



morphological forms of, 35, 40 

 motility of, 58 

 nutritive substances required 



for growth of, 52 

 parasitic, 34, 89 

 pathogenic, presence of, on 



healthy skin, 130 

 of, in respiratory tract, 130 

 presence of, in intestines, 131 

 production of light by, 59 

 products of, general symptoms 

 caused by poisons ab- 

 sorbed, 93 

 local effects, 91 

 relation of, to disease, 85 

 saprophytic, 34, 88 

 size and nature of, 33 

 spore formation of, 46 

 structure of cells of, 42 

 temperature required for growth 



of, 56 



their relation to oxygen, 54 

 thermic effects of, 60 

 vegetative reproduction of, 44 

 Bacterial species, permanence of, 



260 ^ 

 Bactericidal substances in blood of 



immunized animals, 108 

 nature of, 108 



Bedding, carpets, upholstery, etc., 

 disinfection of, 187 



Bichloride of mercury, 156 



solution of, 170 



Blood, bactericidal effect of, 119 

 cultures, how obtained, 241 

 -serum coagulator, 220 

 germicidal effect of, 119 

 as a medium, 217, 268 

 Books, disinfection of, 187 

 Bouillon nutrient, 212 

 Bovine tuberculosis, 299 



relation of, to human tuber- 

 culosis, 299 

 Bromine, 160 

 Bubonic plague bacillus, 606 



immunizing injections in, 

 608 



P<ALCIUM compounds, 157 



\J Camphor, 166 



Capaldi plate medium, 436 



Capsule bacteria, 43 



Capsules of bacteria, staining of, 



203 



Carbolic acid, 165 

 solution, 170 

 Carriages, etc., disinfection of, 



188 



Cerebro -spinal meningitis, bac- 

 teriological diagnosis of, 520 

 Chemicals, effects of, on bacteria, 



151 

 Chemotaxis, negative, 121 



positive, 121 

 Chlorine, 159 

 Chloroform, 165 

 Cholera immunity, 581, 585 

 infection, how caused, 582 

 spirillum, accidental infection 



in man, 579 

 biological characters of, 570 



diagnosis of, 587 

 effect of chemical disinfect- 

 ants on, 576 



growth in gelatin plate cul- 

 tures, 570 

 stick cultures, 572 

 immunizing injections ( Haff- 



kine's), 585 

 morphology, 569 

 pathogenesis, 577 



