CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IV. 



EXAMINATION OF SERUM PREPARATION OF VACCINES 

 GENERAL BACTERIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS INOCULATION 

 OF ANIMALS. 



PAGK 



Observation of agglutination and sedimentation Opsonic methods 

 Method of measuring the phagoeytic capacity of the leuco- 

 cytes Bactericidal methods Hfemolytic tests Fixation and 

 deviation of complement Wassermann reaction Preparation 

 of vaccines Wright's method of counting bacteria in dead cul- 

 tures General bacteriological diagnosis Routine procedure 

 Inoculation of animals Autopsies on animals . . 117 



CHAPTER V. 

 BACTERIA IN AIR, SOIL, AND WATER. ANTISEPTICS. 



Air : Methods of examination Soil : Methods of examination 

 Varieties of bacteria in soil. Water : Methods of examination 

 Bacteria in water Bacteriology of sewage Antiseptics : 

 Methods of investigation The action of antiseptics Certain 

 particular antiseptics . . . . . .147 



CHAPTER VI. 



RELATIONS OF BACTERIA TO DISEASE THE PRODUCTION 

 OF TOXINS BY BACTERIA. 



Introductory Conditions modifying pathogenicity Modes of 

 bacterial action Tissue changes produced by bacteria Local 

 lesions General lesions Disturbances of metabolism by 

 bacterial action The production of toxins by bacteria, and 

 the nature of these Allied vegetable and animal poisons 

 The theory of toxic action ..... 175 



CHAPTER VII. 

 INFLAMMATORY AND SUPPURATIVE CONDITIONS. 



The relations of inflammation and suppuration The bacteria of 

 inflammation and suppuration Experimental inoculation 

 Lesions in the human subject Mode of entrance and spread 

 of pyogeuic bacteria -Ulcerative endocarditis Acute suppur- 



