CONTENTS. xi 



APPLICATION OF THE METHODS OF 

 BACTERIOLOGY. DESCRIPTIONS 



OF so:me of the more im- 

 portant SPECIES. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



PAGE 



To obtain material vdth which to begin work 235-238 



CHAPTER XV. 



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



CHAPTER XVI. 



Suppuration— >S/apftyfc«)ceu« pyogenes cntrens— Staphylococcus pyo- 

 genes albus and citreus— Streptococcus pyogenes -GonoccKCXis — Bacillus 

 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-pecuUarities — 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 ol 

 the glanders nodule — Susceptibility of different animals to glanders 

 —The bacillus of glanders ; its morpholc^cal and cultural peculiari- 

 ties — Diagnosis of glanders . . ' 315-324 



CHAPTER XX. 

 Bacillus (Uphlherix — 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— Bac<«-ium c<^i commune — Its resemblance to the bacillus of 

 typhoid fever— Its morphological, cultural, and pathc^nic pTop- 

 erties—Ite differentiation from &a<rtatM (ypU aM<mi>ti<i2i« . 342-.364 



