CONTENTS. ix 



APPLICATION OF THE METHODS OF 

 BACTERIOLOGY. DESCRIPTIONS 

 OF SOME OF THE MORE IM- 

 PORTANT SPECIES. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



PAGES 



To obtain material with which to begin work 267-270 



CHAPTER XV. 



The pyogenic organisms Suppuration Mirococcus atireus 

 Micrococcus pyogenes and citreus Staphylococcus epidermi- 

 dis albus Streptococcus pyogenes Micrococcus gonorrhcese 

 Micrococcus intracellularis Pseudomonas a'eruginosa Bacil- 

 lus of bubonic plague Bacterium pseudodiphtheriticum . . 271-326 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Sputum septicaemia Septicaemia resulting from the presence 

 of sarcina tetrageua, or bacterium pneumonias in the spu- 

 tum of apparently healthy persons The occurrence of 

 bacterium influenzas in sputum 327-345 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Tuberculosis Microscopic appearance of miliary tubercles 

 Diffuse caseation Cavity formation Encapsulation of 

 tuberculous foci Primary infection Modes of infection 

 Location of the bacilli in the tissues Staining-peculiarities 

 Organisms with which bacterium tuberculosis may be con- 

 founded : Bacterium leprx : bacterium smegmatis Points of 

 differentiation Acid-proof bacteria Actinomycetes Acti- 

 nomyces bovis, Actinomyces Israeli, Actinomyces madurse, 

 Actinomyces farcinicus, Actinomyces Eppingeri Actinomyces 

 pseudotuberculosis 346-388 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Glanders Characteristics of the disease Histological struc- 

 ture of the glanders nodule Susceptibility of different 

 animals to glanders The bacterium of glanders; its mor- 

 phological and cultural peculiarities Diagnosis of glanders . 389-398 



