TABLE OF CONTEXTS. 



PART FIRST. 



CLASSIFICATION, MORPHOLOGY, AND GENERAL BACTERIOLOGICAL 



TECHNOLOGY. 



PAGE 



I. HISTORICAL, . .3 



II. CLASSIFICATION, . . .10 



III. MORPHOLOGY, . .20 



IV. STAINING METHODS, .... ... 25 



V. CULTURP: MEDIA, . . 37 



VI. STERILIZATION OF CULTURE MEDIA, 52 



VII. CULTURES IN LIQUID MEDIA, 62 



VIII. CULTURES IN SOLID ME T >IA, ... ... 69 



IX. CULTIVATION OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA, 80 



X. INCUBATING OVENS AND THERMO-REGULATORS, . . .88 

 XI. EXPERIMENTS UPON ANIMALS, ... ... 96 



XII. PHOTOGRAPHING BACTERIA, ... . 103 



PART SECOND. 

 GENERAL BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS. 



I. STRUCTURE, MOTIONS, REPRODUCTION 117 



II. CONDITIONS OF GROWTH, 125 



III. MODIFICATIONS OF BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS, .... 129 



IV. PRODUCTS OF VITAL ACTIVITY, 133 



V. PTOMAINES AND TOXALBUMINS 146 



VI. INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL AGENTS, 153 



VII. ANTISEPTICS AND DISINFECTANTS (GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE 



ACTION OF), 164 



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

 TERIA, 172 



IX. ACTION OF ACIDS AND ALKALIES, 180 



X. ACTION OF VARIOUS SALTS, 186 



XI. ACTION OF COAL-TAR PRODUCTS, ESSENTIAL OILS, ETC., . 197 



XII. ACTION OF BLOOD SERUM AND OTHER ORGANIC LIQUIDS, . 208 



XIII. PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR DISINFECTION, .... 214 



