INDEX. 



Abscess, tuberculous, 314 



Acids and alkalies, production of, by 



bacteria, 55 

 Actinomyces bovis, 356 

 Actinomycosis, 356 



bacillus of, 356. See also Strepto- 



thrix actinomyces. 

 communication of, to man, 356 

 in man, section of liver in, 361 

 Adhesion preparation for preservation 



of colonies, 210 

 Administration of antitoxins, 137 

 Aerobic bacteria, 45 

 Aerogenic bacteria, 51, 56 

 Agar-agar, 191 



bacterial growths, 213 



blood, 193 



glycerin, as a culture-medium, 193 



preparation, 192 



Ravenel's method, 192 

 Agglutination, 88 

 cause, 89 

 reaction, 89 

 Air as a factor in causation of suppura- 

 tion, 246 

 bacteria in, 228 



determination of, 229 

 quantitative methods of estimat- 

 ing, 229 

 Hesse's, 229 

 Petri's, 230 



Sedgwick and Miquel's 

 modification of, 231 

 bacteriologic examination of, 228 

 Hesse's apparatus for collecting 



bacteria from, 229 

 of sick-room, sterilization of, 177 

 Alexin, 101 

 Alexocytes, 102 



Alkali-albuminate, Deycke's, as cul- 

 ture-medium, 196 

 Amphitricha bacteria, 31 

 Anaerobic bacteria, 45 

 cultivation, 216 

 methods, 216-220 

 Anaerobics, optional, 45 

 Anesthetic leprosy, 342 

 Anilin dyes for staining, 146 



Animal inoculation, pure cultures 



secured by, 211 

 Animals, communication of gonorrhea 

 to, 269 

 experimentation upon, 221 

 inoculation of, with bacteria, 221 

 tuberculin test for, 320 

 Anjeszky's method for staining spores, 



'57 

 Anthracin, 462 

 Anthrax, 455 

 antitoxin of, 464 

 bacillus of, 456. See also Bacilltts 



anthracis. 

 cause of death from, 462 

 immunity to, experiments in destruc- 

 tion of, 464 

 in cattle, how acquired, 464 

 inoculation with, 461 

 means of protecting animals against, 



463, 464 

 spores of, 456, 457 

 symptomatic, 575 



bacillus of, 575. See also Bacil- 

 lus anthracis symptomatici. 

 precautions to be observed in, 580 

 protective vaccination for, 578 

 statistics of, 580 

 Antimicrobic phenomena, 137 



powers of blood-serum in forced 

 immunity, 123 

 Antiphthisin, 327 

 Antipneumococcic serum, 286 

 Antisepsis, discovery of, 27 



early, 24 

 Antiseptic value of reagents, determi- 

 nation of, 241 

 Antiseptics, definition of, 163 



influence of, on growth of bacteria, 



49 

 relative value of, 172 t 

 Antistreptococcus serum. 2m 

 Antitoxic powers of blood-serum in 

 forced immunity, 123 

 theory of immunity, 142 

 Antitoxin, 118, 123 



action of, upon bacteria, 132 

 upon toxin, 132-137 



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