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INDEX. 



Kommabacilhis der cholera asiatica, 593 



Kreibohm's bacillus, 517 



Kruse's modification of Koch's plate 



method, 79 

 Kuhne's method of staining bacteria in 



tissues, 35 

 silicate jelly, 47 



staining method for bacillus mallei, 

 400 



LACTIC acid, action of, on bacteria, 182 



Lactose-litmus-agar, 47 



Lactose and litmus for detecting typhoid 



bacilli, 445 



Lake water, number of bacteria in, 633 

 Lancet-shaped micrococcus (Talamon), 



398 



Lanolin, antiseptic power of, 205 

 Laundries, bacteria in wash-water from, 



649 



Lavender, antiseptic power of, 203 

 Lead chloride as an antiseptic, 190 



nitrate as an antiseptic, 190 

 Leprosy, bacillus of, 487 

 Leptotrichese of Zopf, general characters, 



12, 19 

 Leucocytes, protective against bacterial 



invasion, 239 



multiplication of gonococci in, 258 

 Leuconostoc, general characters of, 17 

 Liborius' method of cultivating anaero- 

 bic bacteria, 85 

 Light, attenuating influence of, 279 



influence of, on bacterial growth, 159 

 action of, on bacillus tuberculosis, 



478 



for photomicrography, 107 

 Linen underclothing, bacteria on, 649 

 Liquefying bacteria, 16 



in stab cultures, 71 



Liquid media, cultures of anaerobic bac- 

 teria in, 81 

 Liquids, non-evolution of bacteria from 



the surface of, 614 



Lithium chloride as an antiseptic, 190 

 Litmus, in culture media, 46, 64 



action of bacillus of hog cholera on, 



504, 509 



Liver, cultures of typhoid bacilli ob- 

 tained from the, 433, 436 



Lochial discharge, presence of bacteria 



in, 054 



Loftier 's aniline-blue solution, 29 

 blood -serum mixture, 48 

 culture medium for bacillus diph- 

 therias, 454 



method of staining bacteria in tis- 

 sues, 34 



of staining flagella, '.}! 

 solution for staining anthrax bacilli, 



424 



for staining the typhoid bacil- 

 lus, 4:;: 



Loretin, disinfectant power of, 205 

 Liibert's researches on the action of anti- 

 septic agents on staphylococcus pyo- 

 genes aureus, 375 

 Lustgarten's bacillus, 494 

 Lydton's report on protective inocula- 

 tions in Baden, 350 

 Lymph, germicidal power of, 236 

 Lysol, disinfectant power of, 205 



MACE, antiseptic power of, 203 

 Maffucci 's conclusions on the tuberculo- 

 sis of fowls, 484 

 Maggiora's researches on the bacteria of 



the soil, 644 

 Magnesium light, in photomicrography, 



107 



Mail matter, disinfection of, 214 

 Mai d'araigne"e, micrococcus of, 416 

 Mai de pis, micrococcus of, 416 

 Malic acid as a germicide, 183 

 Malignant oedema, bacillus of, 580 



pustule in man, 422, 428 

 Mallein, a glycerin extract from cultures 

 of the bacillus of glanders, 318, 494 

 as a test for glanders in horses, 321 

 preparation of, in Pasteur's labora- 

 tory, 319 



Foth's method of preparing, 320 

 Malnutrition, influence of, on develop- 

 ment of pus cocci, 224 

 Malta fever, micrococcus of, 420 



Widal reaction in, 421 

 Maminite contagieuse, micrococcus of, 



417 



Manganese protochlorite as an antiseptic, 

 190 



