PART SECOND. 



GENERAL BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS: 



INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ACTION OF ANTISEPTICS 



AND GERMICIDES. 



I. STRUCTURE, MOTIONS, REPRODUCTION. II. CONDITIONS OF GROWTH. 



III. MODIFICATIONS OF BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS. IV. PRODUCTS OF 



VITAL ACTIVITY. V. PTOMAINES AND TOXALBUMINS. VI. INFLUENCE 



OF PHYSICAL AGENTS. VII. ANTISEPTICS AND DISINFECTANTS 



GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE ACTION OF. VIII. ACTION OF 



GASES AND OF THE HALOID ELEMENTS UPON BACTERIA. 



IX. ACTION OF ACIDS AND ALKALIES. X. ACTION OF 

 VARIOUS SALTS. XI. ACTION OF COAL-TAR PRO- 

 DUCTS, ESSENTIAL OILS, ETC. XII. AC- 

 TION OF BLOOD SERUM AND OTHER OR- 

 GANIC LIQUIDS. XIII. PRACTICAL 

 DIRECTIONS FOR DISINFECTION. 



