TABLE OF COISTTEOTS. 



PART FIRST. 



CLASSIFICATION, MORPHOLOGY, AND GENERAL BACTERIOLOGICAL 



TECHNOLOGY. 



PAGE 



I. HISTORICAL, 3 



II. CLASSIFICATION, 10 



III. MORPHOLOGY, 20 



IV. STAINING METHODS, 25 



V. CULTURE MEDIA 37 



VI. STERILIZATION OF CULTURE MEDIA, 50 



VII. CULTURES IN LIQUID MEDIA, 60 



VIII. CULTURES IN SOLID MEDIA, 67 



IX. CULTIVATION OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA, 78 



X. INCUBATING OVENS AND THERMO-REGULATORS, . .86 



XI. EXPERIMENTS UPON ANIMALS, 94 



XII. PHOTOGRAPHING BACTERIA, 101 



PART SECOND. 

 GENERAL BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS. 



I. STRUCTURE, MOTIONS, REPRODUCTION, 115 



II. CONDITIONS OF GROWTH, 122 



III. MODIFICATIONS OF BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS, . . . .126 



IV. PRODUCTS OF VITAL ACTIVITY, 130 



V. PTOMAINES AND Tox ALBUMINS, .... . . 143 



VI. INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL AGENTS, .149 



VII. ANTISEPTICS AND DISINFECTANTS (GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE 



ACTION OF), 160 



VIII. ACTION OF GASES AND OF THE HALOID ELEMENTS UPON BAC- 

 TERIA, .168 



IX. ACTION OF ACIDS AND ALKALIES, .... .176 



X. ACTION OF VARIOUS SALTS, 



XI. ACTION OF COAL-TAR PRODUCTS, ESSENTIAL OILS, ETC., . 193 



XII. ACTION OF BLOOD SERUM AND OTHER ORGANIC LIQUIDS, . 204 



XIII. PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR DISINFECTION, . . . .208 



