INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



1165 



Bacterial cell, morphology of, 10 



motility of, 14 



nucleus in, 10 



osmotic properties of, 25 



plasmolysis, 25 



plasmoptysis, 25 



specific gravity of, 26 



spores in, 16 



water, 22 



Bacteriocidal and bacteriolytic tests. 

 307-311 



bacteriolysins, discovery of, 251 



determination of the bacteriolytic 

 power of serum against a known 

 organism in vivo, 308 



identification of a microorganism by 

 observing its susceptibility to lysis 

 in a known immune serum, 309 



reaction in test tubes, 310 

 ' ' Bacteriophage ' ' phenomenon, 69 



Bordet and Cuica's work, 72 



early work of Twort, 70 



discovery of lytic principle by d'Her- 

 elle in filtrates from the stools of 

 dysentery and typhoid convales- 

 cents, 71 



Bacterium aceti, 57 



Bacterium clostridium pasteurianum, 61 

 Bacterium, genus, 41 

 Bacterium pasteurianum, 57 

 Bacterium pneumonias, 720. See also 



Bacillus mucosus capsulatus 

 Bacterium tularesne, 826 

 Bail's aggressin theory, 349 



arguments against, 350 



relation to anaphylatoxin, 351 

 Balantidium Coli, 1137 

 Bang Bacillus abortus bovis, 799 

 Barber pipette method of isolating a 



single organism, 178 

 Baumgarten's stain for differentiating 



between the tubercle bacillus and the 



bacillus of leprosy, 125 

 Beggiatoa, genus, 42 

 Beggiatoaceae, definition of, 42 

 Berkefeld filter, 144 

 Biological activities of bacteria, 45 

 Black death, 807 



Blackleg, 769. See also Symptomatic 



anthrax 



Black water fever, 1128 

 Blastomycetes, relationship to other 



plants, 40 



Blastomycosis, 984-987 

 blastomyces hominus, 985 

 classification of, 987 

 cultivation, 986 

 isolation, 986 



microscopic examination, 985, 986 

 morphology, 986 

 pathogenicity, 987 

 staining, 986 



Bleaching powder as a disinfectant, 89 

 Bleeding of animals, 204 

 from the heart, 204 

 from the carotid artery, 205 

 from the external jugular vein, 205 

 Blood cultures, technique of taking, 212- 



215 



method of obtaining blood, 212 

 media for, 213, 214 

 from typhoid patients, 214 

 anaerobic, 214 

 Blood examination for protozoa, 1140- 



1143 



Blood grouping, 313-315 

 Jansky's classification, 313 

 Moss' classification, 313 

 "universal donor," 314 

 Blood, method of obtaining, 204, 205 

 defibrinated, method of obtaining, 



205 

 enriching substance to be added to 



media, 169 

 ether added as a preservative, 205, 



169 



BodonidsB, 1076 



Boiling as a method of sterilization, 83 

 Bordet-Gengou bacillus, 504-508 

 antibody production by, 508 

 cultivation of, 506 

 epidemiology, 504-505 

 morphology of, 505 

 pathogenicity of, 507 

 staining of, 506 

 Bordet-Gengou phenomenon, 298 



