674 



INDEX. 



Agar as a culture medium for : 



bacillus endocarditidis griseus, 



556 



bacillus erysipelatos suis, 513 

 bacillus gracilis cadaveris, 560 

 bacillus leporis lethalis, 541 

 bacillus cedeniatis uialigni, 582 

 bacillus pyocyaneus, 543 

 bacillus typhi abdominalis, 439 

 micrococcus botryogenus, 413 

 micrococcus melitensis, 421 

 proteus horninis capsulatus, 519 

 proteus lethalis, 555 

 proteus septicus, 554 

 proteus vulgar is, 549 

 nutrient, Shultz's method of prepar- 

 ing, 45 

 spirillum choleras asiaticae in, 



596 

 staphylococcus pyogenes aureus 



in, 374 



streptococcus pyogenes in, 384 

 plates, bacillus anthracis on, 425 



bacillus endocarditidis capsula- 

 tus on, 556 

 bacillus cedematis nialigni on, 



583 

 micrococcus pneumonias croupo- 



sae, 403 



solutions, filtration of, 44 

 stick cultures, bacillus of purpura 



haemorrhagica, Babes, 558 

 Age, as influencing susceptibility to dis- 

 ease, 233 

 Agitation, influence of, on bacterial 



growth, 163 



Agua coco as a culture medium, 39 

 analysis of, 40 

 bacillus cavicida havaniensis 



in, 517 



bacillus cuniculicida havanien- 

 sis in, 538 

 Air, demonstrations of micro-organisms 



in, 615 



list of saprophytes found in, 624 

 optically pure, 5 

 of city streets, bacteria in, 625 

 of closed schoolrooms, bacteriology 



of, 625 

 of hospitals, pathogenic germs in, 624 



Albuminous fluids, germicidal powers of, 



210 



Alcohol as a decolorizer in staining, 28 

 action of, on bacterial growth, 197 

 on micrococcus pneumonias crou- 



posae, 405 



absolute, action of, on bacillus tuber- 

 culosis, 478 

 Alessi's experiments on the pathogenic 



action of typhoid bacilli, 447 

 Alexins (Buchner), 236, 265 

 Algerian sheep, insusceptibility of, to 



anthrax, 2o4 



Alkalies, action of, on bacteria, 180 

 Alkalinity of blood as affecting immu- 

 nity, 236 



Alkaloid in anthrax cultures, 428 

 Almonds, bitter, antiseptic power of, 



203 



Alpha-naphthol, antiseptic power of, 206 

 Alum, antiseptic value of, 188 

 Aluminum acetate, antiseptic value of, 



188 



chloride, antiseptic value of, 188 

 Amann's method of separating tubercle 



bacilli from sputum, 486 

 Ammonia, action of, on bacterial growth, 



184 



as a nutrient of bacteria, 126 

 oxidation of, by bacteria, 144 

 Ammonium carbonate, antiseptic value 



of, 188 



fluosilicate, antiseptic value of, 188 

 sulphate, antiseptic value of, 188 

 Amplification of photomicrographs, 106 

 Anaerobic bacteria, 16 



cultivation of, 80 

 in stab cultures, 71 

 isolation of, 83 

 concerned in putrefaction, 143 

 Anaesthetics in experiments on animals, 



99 



Analysis, chemical, of Friedlander's ba- 

 cillus, 124 

 of putrefactive bacteria by 



Nencki, 124 



of purified'tuberculin, 362 

 Angelica, antiseptic power of, 203 

 Aniline blue solution, Loffler's, 29 

 colors as stains, 25 



