INDEX. 



ABRIN, experiments of Ehrlich, 270 



Abscesses, etiology of, 571 

 formation of, 222, 275, 276 

 Micrococeus pneumonise croupos* 

 in, 313 



Acetic acid, germicidal action of, 178 

 production of, 134 



Acetone, antiseptic value of, 193 



Acids, germicidal action of, 176-179 



Acne, etiology of, 571 



contagiosa of horses, bacillus of, 

 508, 571 



Acute rheumatism, etiology of, 610 



Ae"roscopes, 625 



Agar-agar, 43 



filtration of, 44 



Agar-gelatin, 43 



Agitation, germicidal action of, 15& 



Agua coco, as a culture medium, 39 



Air, bacteria in, 623-635 

 filter of cotton, 4 



Alcohol, germie&al value of, 193 



Alexins, 273 



Alkalie% germicidal value of, 179-181 



Alkaline fermentation of urine, 137 



Alopecia, etiology of, 572 



Afum, antiseptic value of, 184 



Aluminium acetate, antiseptic value of, 

 184 



Ammonia, germicidal value of, 180 

 liberation of, 140 

 oxidation of, 141 



Ammonium carbonate, antiseptic value 



of, 184 



chloride, antiseptic value of, 184 

 fluosilicate, antiseptic value of, 184 

 sulphate, antiseptic value of, 184 



Anaerobic bacteria, cultivation of, 78-85 

 bacilli, 531-548 

 cultures, 79 



cultures, Buchner's method, 83 

 cultures, Esmarch's method, 82 

 cultures, Franker s method, 80 

 cultures, Liborius' method, 83 

 cultures, Stern berg's method, 81 



Anaesthetics, use of, 97 



Angina, etiology of, 572 



Aniline dyes, germicidal value of, 193 

 oil, antiseptic value of, 194 



Anthrax, etiology of, 339 



bacillus, discovery of, 6 



bacillus, toxic products of, 147 

 Antiseptic action, conditions governing, 

 162 



value, how determined, 161 

 Antiseptics, comparative value of, 182, 

 183 



definition of, 160 



Antitoxin of diphtheria, results of treat- 

 ment, 386 



of pneumonia, 268 



of snake venom, 269 



of tetanus, 268 



of tetanus, from milk, 271 

 Antitoxins, 266-272 



do not dialyze, 273 

 Appendicitis, etiology of, 573 

 Arsenious acid, germicidal value of, 179 

 Arthritis, etiology of, 573 

 Arthrospores, 120 

 Ascococcus, 17, 21 



Johnei, 327 



Aseptol, germicidal value of, 193, 194 

 Asporogenous varieties, 126 

 Attenuation of virulence, 127-129 



by antiseptics, 128 



by heat, 128 



BACILLI, morphology of, 22 

 Bacillus, generic characters, 18 

 A of Booker, 492 

 acidiformans, 474 

 of acne contagiosa of horses, 508 

 aeTogenes capsulatus, 514 

 aeTogenes meningitides, 529 

 albus cadaveris, 503 

 alvei, 507 

 anthracis, 340 



anthracis, biological characters, 341 

 anthracis, morphology, 340 

 anthracis, pathogenesis, 345 

 anthracis, spore formation, 341, 343 

 anthracis, toxic products, 345, 348 

 anthracis, varieties of, 343 

 of Babes and Oprescu, 458 

 of Beck, 524 



of Belfanti and Pascarola, 439 

 bovis morbificans, 525 



