CONTENTS. xi 



APPLICATION OF THE METHODS OF 

 BACTERIOLOGY. DESCRIPTIONS 

 OF SOME OF THE MORE IM- 

 PORTANT SPECIES. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



PAGE 



To obtain material with which to begin work 235-238 



CHAPTER XV. 



Various experiments in sterilization by steam and by hot air . 239-243 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Suppuration Staphylccoccus pyogenes aureusStaphylococcus pyo- 

 genes albus and citreus Streptococcus pyogenes -Gonococeus Bacittus 

 pyocyaneus Bacillus of Bubonic Plague 244-276 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Sputum septicaemia Septicaemia resulting from the presence of 

 micrococcus tetragenus in the tissues 277-288 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Tuberculosis Microscopic appearance of miliary tubercles En- 

 capsulation of tuberculous foci Diffuse caseation Cavity-forma- 

 tion Primary infection Modes of infection Location of the bacilli 

 in the tissues Staining-peculiarities Organisms with which bacillus 

 tuberculosis may be confounded Points of differentiation Bacillus 

 of influenza 289-314 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Glanders Characteristics of the disease Histological structure of 

 the glanders nodule Susceptibility of different animals to glanders 

 The bacillus of glanders ; its morphological and cultural peculiari- 

 tiesDiagnosis of glanders 315-324 



CHAPTER XX. 



Bacillus diphtherias Its isolation and cultivation Morphological 

 and cultural peculiarities Pathogenic properties Variations in 

 virulence 325-341 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Typhoid fever Study of the organism concerned in its produc- 

 tion Bacterium coli commune Its resemblance to the bacillus of 

 typhoid fever Its morphological, cultural, and pathogenic prop- 

 erties Its differentiation from bacillus typhi abdominalis . . . 342-364 



