CONTENTS 



SECTION I 



THE GENERAL BIOLOGY OF BACTERIA AND THE 

 TECHNIQUE OF BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDY 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE DEVELOPMENT AND SCOPE OF BACTERIOLOGY 1 



II. GENERAL MORPHOLOGY, REPRODUCTION, AND CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL 



PROPERTIES OF THE BACTERIA 9 



III. THE RELATION OF BACTERIA TO ENVIRONMENT, AND THEIR CLASSI- 



FICATION 27 



IV. THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF BACTERIA 45 



V. 'THE DESTRUCTION OF BACTERIA 76 



VI. METHODS USED IN THE MICROSCOPIC STUDY AND STAINING OF BAC- 

 TERIA Ill 



VII. THE PREPARATION OF CULTURE MEDIA 133 



VIII. METHODS USED IN THE CULTIVATION OF BACTERIA . . . . . . 172 



IX. METHODS DETERMINING BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF BACTERIA, ANIMAL 



EXPERIMENTATION 196 



X. THE BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MATERIAL FROM PATIENTS 



AND OUTLINE OF FLORA OF THE NORMAL HUMAN BODY . . 206 



SECTION II 

 INFECTION AND IMMUNITY 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XI. FUNDAMENTAL FACTORS OF PATHOGENICITY AND INFECTION . . . 230 



XII. DEFENSIVE FACTORS OF THE ANIMAL ORGANISM 240 



XIII. TOXINS AND ANTITOXINS 255 



XIV. PRODUCTION AND TESTING OF ANTITOXINS 269 



XV. SENSITIZING ANTIBODIES (PHENOMENA OF LYSIS, AGGLUTINATION, 



PRECIPITATION, ETC.) 277 



XVI. THE TECHNIQUE OF SERUM REACTIONS 301 



XVII. PHAGOCYTOSIS . . 330 



