INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



ABBOTT'S spore stain, 116 



Absorption method in agglutination, 288 



Acetone produced by the fermentation 



of starch, 55 . 

 Achorion Schoenleini, 1001, 1002 



other species, -1003 

 Acid and alkali production by bacteria, 



198 



acids commonly found, 199 

 Acid-fast bacteria, staining of, 124 



definition of, 587 

 Actinobacillosus, 971 

 Actinomyces, 965-971. See also Nocar- 



dia, 964 



animal inoculation, 970 

 appearance of in lesion, 906 

 cultivation of, 968 

 definition of, 962 

 diseases caused by, 965 

 microscopical examination and morph- 

 ology, 966, 967 

 pathogenicity, 969 

 Wright's method of cultivation, 969 

 Addison's disease, 596 

 Aerobic organisms, obligatory and fac- 

 ultative, 8 



Aestivo autumnal fever, 1107, 1110 

 Agglutination, 282 



absorption method is, 288 

 acid, 284 



agglutinins, nature of, 285 

 action on dead bacteria, 283 

 discovery of, 251 

 major and minor, 288 

 partial studied by absorption 



method, 288 

 production of, 286 

 specificity of, 288 

 theoretical considerations, 292 



; group," 288 



Agglutination, macroscopic, 283 



method of bacterial differentiation, 



282 



microscopic, 282 



practical application in typhoid, 282 

 physical phenomenon of, 285 

 presence of electrolyte necessary for, 



285 



proagglutinoid zone, 289 

 test, method of performing, 302 

 macroscopic, 303 

 microscopic, 303 



with capsulated organisms, 14, 287 

 with tubercle bacillus, 302 

 Agglutinogen, 287 

 Aggressin theory, 349 

 arguments against, 350 

 relation to anaphylatoxin, 351 

 Air, bacteria in, 1010 



in the conveyance of disease, 1011 

 method of estimating the number of 



bacteria in, 1012 

 Alcoholic fermentation, 58 

 Alcohols as disinfectants, 94, 103 

 Alexin and sensitizing antibodies, 277 



281 



discovery of, 250 

 facts concerning, 295, 296 

 Aleuronat used for injecting rabbits to 



obtain leucocytes, 345 

 Alkali production by bacteria, 198 

 Allantiasis, 740-748 

 Allepo boil, 1095 

 Allergy defined, 353 

 Amboceptor, quantitative relation to 



complement, 296 

 Amoeba, 1050 

 binucleata, 1050 

 diploidea, 1050 

 proteus, 1050 



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