INDEX. 



701 



Smith (Theobald), detection of colon ba- 

 cilli in waters, 535 

 identification of colon and typhoid 



bacilli in water supplies, 445 

 Smoke, antiseptic power of, 206 



tobacco, antiseptic power of, 207 

 Snow, number of bacteria in, 632 

 Sodium borate as an antiseptic, 195 

 carbonate as an antiseptic, 195 

 chloride as an antiseptic, 195 

 in culture media, -Mi 

 influence of, on bacterial growth, 



128 

 hydroxide, influence of, on bacterial 



growth, i84 



hyposulphite as an antiseptic, 195 

 sulphite as an antiseptic, 195 

 Soil bacceria, 642 

 Solid culture media, 41 

 Solidification of blood serum, 57 

 Sour dough, bacteria of, 672 

 Sozoiodol acid as a disinfectant, 179 

 Spallanzani's sterilization of putrescible 



liquids, 4 



Species not differentiated by morpholog- 

 ical characters alone, 13 

 Sperulina (Hueppe), general characters of, 



18 



Spirilla, general characters of, 18 

 of Bauingarten, 13 

 list of species found in water, 639 

 movements of, 119 

 pathogenic, 590 

 resembling the spirillum of Asiatic 



cholera, 606 



Spirillum anserum, from blood of af- 

 fected geese, 592 

 cholera? asiaticae, 292, 593 



asiaticae, attenuation of, by con- 

 tinuous cultivation, 601 

 asiaticie, biological characters, 



594 



asiaticae, influence of disinfect- 

 ing agents on, 597 

 asiaticae influence of gastric 



juice on, 658 

 asiaticae, influence of light on, 



162 



asiaticae, influence of tempera- 

 ture on. 610 



Spirillum choleras asiaticae occasionally 

 present in healthy persons, 610 

 asiaticae, phosphorescence occa- 

 sionally found in, 609 

 asiaticae, thermal death-point of, 



155 

 asiaticae, vitality of, in faeces, 



610 

 asiaticae, vitality of, when 



buried in the soil, 64"> 

 asiaticae, vitality of, in waters 



of various characters, 637 

 of Ehrenberg, 3, 10 

 of Finkler and Prior, 602 

 pathogenesis, 603 

 thermal death-point of, 155 

 Metschnikovi, 604 



pathogenesis, 605 



murinum (Russell) remotely resem- 

 bling the spirillum of cholera, 606 

 Obermeieri, in the blood during the 

 febrile paroxysms of relapsing 

 fever, 590 

 pathogenesis, 591 

 tyrogenum (Deneke), 603 



thermal death-point of, 155 

 Spirochaete, general characters, 18 

 anserina (Sakharoff), 592 

 of Ehrenberg, 3, 10 

 Obermeieri, 590 



discovery of, 7 

 Spleen, influence of, on the spirillum of 



relapsing fever, 592 

 pure cultures of the typhoid bacillus 



from the, 433 

 Splenic fever, 422 



Spontaneous generation proved errone- 

 ous, 4 

 Spores, 16 



action of acetic acid on, 182 



endogenous, 120 



germination of, 122 



influence of oxygen and temperature 



on, 123 



isolation of, by heat, 68 

 resisting powers of, 5, 157 

 restraining influence of temperature 



on, 166 



staining of, 31 

 thermal death-point of, 53, 473 



