INDEX. 



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I iborios* tube for cultivation of anaer- 

 obic bacteria, 2l8 

 l.ifc low forms of, resistance of, 49 

 otaneous generation of, doctrine 

 of, 17 

 Ligatures, catgut, disinfection of, 175 

 silk, disinfection of, 175 

 silkworm-gut, disinfection of, 175 

 Light, influence of, on growth of bac- 

 teria, 46 

 Liquefaction of gelatin by bacteria, 



54 

 Liquid culture-media, apparatus for fill- 

 ing tubes with, 189 

 best means of keeping, 1S8 

 Liquids, sterilization of, 169 

 Listerism, 27 

 Litmus-milk as a culture-medium, 198 



bacterial growths on, 214 

 Liver, section of, in actinomycosis in 



man, 361 

 Lobar pneumonia, 279. See also Pneu- 

 monia, lobar. 

 Locoinotory powers of bacteria, 31 

 Loffiet's alkaline methylene-blue stain, 

 152 

 blood-serum mixture, 196, 393 

 method for staining bacillus diph- 

 theria?, 391 

 bacillus mallei, 348 

 bacteria in sections of tissue, 151 

 flagella, 158 

 to detect spirillum of cholera in 

 drinking water, 433 

 Lophotricha bacteria, 31 

 Lungs, tuberculosis of, PI. II. 

 Lustgarten's bacillus, 351. See also 

 Bacillus of syphilis. 

 method for staining bacillus of 

 syphilis, 351 

 De Giacomi's modification, 

 352 

 Lymphatics, introduction of bacteria 

 into, 223 



Madura-foot, 363. See also Myce- 

 toma. 



Malignant edema, 581. See also 

 Edema, malignant. 



Mallein, 350 



manufacture of, 350 



Malta fever, 573 



micrococcus of, 573. See also 

 Micrococcus melitensis. 



Manure, bacillus tetani in, 376 



Maragliano's antitubercle serum, 327 



Marmorek's antistreptococcus serum, 

 261 



Martin's bouillon de pause, 410 



Measles, 57 1 



bacillus of, 571. See also Baoillus 

 of measles. 

 Meat infusion, 187 

 Measurement of bacteria, 32, 162 

 Media, simple, growth <>f tubercle 



bacillus on, 307 

 Medical contributions to history of bac- 

 teriology, 24 

 Merismopedia, 37 

 Metachromatic granules, 30 

 Methods generally employed for culti- 

 vation of anaerobic bacteria, 

 218 

 Methyl violet, relative germicidal power 



of, 172 

 Meyer's bacteriologic syringe, 222 

 Micophylaxins, 107 

 Micosozins, 107 

 Micrococci, 36 



morphology of, 36 

 Micrococcus gonorrhoeae, 266 

 melitensis, 573 

 cultures of, 573 

 discovery of, 573 

 morphology of, 573 

 pathogeny of, 574 

 staining of, 573 

 Pasteuri, discovery of, 28 

 tetragenus, 266, 563 

 cultures of, 564 

 morphology of, 563 

 pathogenesis of, 565 

 staining of, 563 

 Micromillimeter, 32 

 Micro-organisms, living, hanging-drop 



examination of, 144 

 Microtome sections of gelatin growth 



212 

 Milk as a culture-medium, 198 

 bacteria in, 59 

 bacterial growths on, 214 

 litmus-, as a culture-medium, 198 

 peptonization of, by bacteria, 59 

 Miquel and Sedgwick's modification of 

 Petri's method for quantita- 

 tive estimation of bacteria in 

 air, 231 

 Mixed infections, 66 



pneumonias, 291 

 Modification of immunity, 107 

 Moisture, influence of, on growth of 



bacteria, 46 

 Monotricha bacteria, 31 

 Morphology of bacteria, 36 

 Mouse-holder, 224 

 Mouse-septicemia. 544 



bacillus of, 544. See also_ Bacillus 

 of mouse-septicemia. 



