INDEX. 



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Diphtheria, antitoxic serum, determina- 

 tion of strength of, Ehrlich's 

 method, 414-416 

 dried. 4I3 



in treatment of, 413-41 8 

 preparation of, 413 

 preservation of, 413 

 antitoxin, 40S 



immunization of animals for pro- 

 duction of, 410 

 paralysis after, 417 

 preparation of, 408 

 association of other organisms with, 



400 

 bacillus of, 390. See also Bacillus 



diphtheria. 

 bacteriologic diagnosis, 393 

 coagulation-necrosis of, 403 

 contagiousness of, 407 

 in man and in animals, 404, 405 

 mixed infections, 402 

 pseudomembrane of, 402 

 relation of bacillus diphtherias to, 403 

 Disease, germ theory of, 25 



production of, by bacteria, 60 

 Diseases, acute inflammatory, bacteria 

 of, 246 

 chronic inflammatory, bacteria of, 292 

 infectious, study of, 24 

 phlogistic, bacteria of, 246 

 specific, bacteria of, 246 

 Disinfection, 163, 171 

 and sterilization, 163 

 by formaldehyde, 173, 174, 177 



apparatus for, 173 

 of catgut, 175 

 of dejecta, 176, 178 

 of hands, 171 

 of instruments, etc., 171 

 of living-rooms by formaldehyde, 180 

 of objects used by surgeon, 171 

 of sick-chamber, 176 

 air of, 177 

 clothing, 179 

 dejecta, 178 



furniture and walls, 180 

 patient, 181 

 of silk ligatures, 1 75 

 of silkworm gut, 175 

 of skin/174 

 of syringes, 222 

 use of sulphur in, 177 

 Disposition of intestinal bacteria at 



death, 81 

 Dunham's solution as a culture-medium, 

 199 

 Smith's modification of, 200 

 test for indol in, 200 

 Dust in atmosphere, germs in, 20 



Ear, external, as source of infection, 



78 

 Early antisepsis, 24 

 Edema, gaseous, 585 



bacillus of, 585. Sec also Bacil- 

 lus of gaseous edema. 

 symptoms of, in man, 591 

 malignant, 581 



bacillus of, 581. See also Bacil- 

 lus of malignant edema. 

 in man, 582 

 Ehrlich's method for demonstration of 

 tubercle bacilli in sputum, 297 

 for staining tubercle bacilli in 



sections of tissue, 302 

 for testing diphtheria-antitoxin, 

 414-416 

 modification of Koch's method of 

 staining tubercle bacilli, 296 

 solution for staining, 152 

 Ehrlich-Wasserman lateral chain theory 



of immunity, 142 

 Electricity, influence of, on growth of 



bacteria, 47 

 Eisner's method of differentiating be- 

 tween bacillus typhosus and 

 bacillus coli communis, 471 

 Endospores, 34 

 Enterocolitis, bacteria in milk as cause 



of, 59 

 Enzymes, production of, by bacteria, 61 



tryptic, 55 

 Epidemic parotitis, 270. See also 



Mumps. 

 Epitoxoids, 415 



Erysipelas, streptococcus of, 259 

 Esmarch's instrument for counting 



colonies of bacteria in tubes, 



235 

 method for cultivation of anaerobic 



bacteria, 217 

 tubes for cultivation of bacteria, 206 

 Exaltation of immunity, Ml 

 Examination, bacteriologic, of air, 228 

 of soil, 238 

 cf water, 233 

 of bacteria, cover-glass preparations, 



147 

 Exhaustion theory of immunity, 139 

 Experimentation upon animals, 221 

 External ear as source of infection, 



78 



Farcin du bceuf, 367 



streptothrix of, 367 

 Fermentation, 22, 5 1 

 Fermentation-tube, Smith's, 56 

 Fever, malta, 573. See also Malta 

 fever. 



