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INDEX 



Bacillus aerogenes capsulatus, 380 



anthracis, 382 



symptomatic!, 389 



of blue pus, 374 



botulinus, 251 



of bubonic plague, 413 ' 



butter, 319 



coli communis, 234 



diphtheria, 185 

 -like, 195 



diplo-, of conjunctivitis. See Diplo- 

 bacillus of Morax. 



of Ducrey, 372 



of dysentery, 253 



enteritidis, 248 



fsecalis alcaligenes, 253 



of Friedlander, 458 



of glanders, 408 



of green pus, 374 



icteroides (in yellow fever), 416 



of influenza, 321 



of Koch-Weeks, 327 



lepraB, 317 



of leprosy, 317 



of Lustgarten, 316 



of malignant cedema, 379 



mallei,' 408 



paracolon, 247 



paradysentery, 256 



paratyphoid, 247 



pneumo-, of Friedlander, 458 



proteus vulgaris, 377 



pyocyaneus, 374 



of smegma, 316 



of soft chancre, 372 



of timothy grass, 319 



of tuberculosis, 288 



of typhoid, 263 



of whooping-cough, 325 

 Bacteria, adaptation to environment of, 

 38, 143, 144 



aerobic, 105 



in air, 448 



anaerobic, 105 



attenuation of, 39 



basic forms of, 25 



botanical relationship of, 24 



characteristics of, 23 



chemical composition of, 39 



classification of, 36 



cultivation of, 56 



definition of, 23 



destruction of, by chemicals, 107 



effects of, 87 



elimination of, from the body, 154, 

 268, 284 



higher forms of, 24 



involution forms, 34 



influence of one species upon an- 

 other, 42, 103 

 of reaction of media on, 42 



local effects of, 144 



lower forms of, 24 



manner in which they excite dis- 

 ease, 145 



Bacteria, motility of, 86 

 nitrification by, 99 

 nutrition of, 40 

 parasitic, 24 



products of the growth of, 87 

 relation of, to disease, 141 



to other micro-organisms, 24 

 to oxygen, 41 

 to temperature, 43 

 reproduction of, 31 

 saprophytic, 24 

 in soil, 448 



spore formation of, 32 

 staining of, 69 

 structure of, 29 



symptoms and lesions due to, prod- 

 ucts of, 144 



toxin production by, 147 

 in water, 443 

 Bacterial ferments, 89 

 proteins, 92 

 species, 38 



permanence of, 38 

 Bactericidal sera, 160 



properties of blood, 162 

 substances, origin of, 176 

 Bacteriology, historical sketch, 17 

 Bacteroids in leguminous plants, 99 

 Beggiatoa, 40 

 Beriberi, 442 



Biggs on antitoxin treatment of diph- 

 theria, 205 

 Black-leg, 389 

 Blastomycetes, 437 

 Blood, bactericidal properties of, 162 

 examination of, in malaria, 503 

 infection of, 153 

 as medium, 50 

 -serum coagulator, 51 

 Blue pus, bacillus of, 374 



disease, 517 



Bordet, toxin antitoxin union, 95 

 Botulinus bacillus, 251 

 Botulism, 251 



bacillus of, 251 

 Bouillon media, 48 



nutrient, 48 



Bovine tuberculosis, 308 

 Bromine, 112 

 Broth. See Bouillon. 



calcium, 352 



Bruce, micrococcus melitensis, 372 

 Bubonic plague, 413 



bacillus of, 413 



biology of, 415 

 morphology of, 413 

 pathogenesis, 415 

 diagnosis of, 416 

 immunity against, 415 

 Buchner, alexine theory of immunity, 



163 

 method for an aerobic cultures, 



66 



Busse, saccharomyces, 440 

 Butter, bacillus of, 319 



