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INDEX. 



Staphylococcus epidermidis albus, 



150 



" golden," 152 

 pyogenes albus, 151-154 



distribution of, in nature, 1 52 

 growth of, 153, 1 54 

 staining of, 153 

 citreus, 157 

 Steam, sterilization of culture-media 



by, 93 



superheated, for quick steriliza- 

 tion of culture-media, 94 

 Sterilization and disinfection, 90 

 fractional, 93 

 intermittent, 94 

 of air of the sick-room, 101 

 of blood-serum, Koch's appa- 

 ratus for, 113 

 of culture-media, 93 

 of dejecta, 101 



of instruments, etc. used in ex- 

 perimentation, 91 

 of liquids, 95 

 of porcelain filters, 97 

 of surgical dressings, ligatures, 



etc., 99 



Sterilizer, Arnold's, 93 

 hot-air, 92 

 Koch's, 93 



Stock-solutions for staining, 79 

 Streptococci, 36, 37 

 Streptococcus erysipelatis, 1 59 



as a therapeutic measure in 



treatment of tumors, 160 

 pyogenes, 157 

 growth of, 158 

 staining of, 1 57 

 Strepto-diplococcus, 37 

 Streptothrix, 39 

 Madurae, 214 



cultures of, 213, 214 

 of farcin du bceuf, 216, 217 

 Stroke-cultures, 125 

 Subcutaneous injections for the in- 

 troduction of bacteria into 

 animals, 134 

 Suppuration, 149 



air as a factor in the causation 

 of, 150 



Suppuration, causes of, 150 

 Surgery, antiseptic, 149 

 Sutures, disinfection of, 99 

 Symptomatic anthrax, 248 

 Syphilis, 205 

 bacillus of, 206 



staining of, 205, 206 



TEMPERATURE, influence of, on 



growth of bacteria, 47 

 Tetanin, 240 

 Tetano-toxin, 240 

 Tetanus, 235 



and hydrophobia, parallelism ex- 

 isting between, 344 

 antitoxic serum of, preparation 



of, 241 



therapeutic value of, 242 

 bacillus of, 235 

 cultures of, 238 

 discovery of, 29 

 distribution of, in nature, 238 

 pathology of, 240 

 susceptibility to, of different ani- 

 mals, 239 



toxin of, preparation of, 241 

 Tetragenococci, 36, 37, 322 

 Toxin elaborated by the bacillus 



diphtherias, 229 



Toxins, rapid filtration of, appa- 

 ratus for, 97 

 Toxo-phylaxin, 69 

 Toxo-sozin, 69 

 Tubercle bacilli, 170 



channels by which they enter 



the organism, 181 

 cultivation of, 176-179 

 discovery of, 28 

 growth of, 178 



in sections of tissue, 175, i?6 

 methods of demonstrating 

 the presence of, 175, 176 

 . in sputum, demonstration of, 



172 



Ehrlich's method, 173 

 Gabbett's method, 175 

 Koch-Ehrlich method, 173 

 Ziehl's method, 175 

 pure cultures of, 178 



