CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTION ...... 1 



II. BACTERIOLOGICAL APPARATUS .... 29 



III. THE PREPARATION AND USE OF NUTRIENT MEDIA 33 



IV. THE MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF BACTERIA . 46 

 V. THE -ACID-FAST ORGANISMS .... 60 



VI. SPORE-FORMING PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS . . 75 



VII. THE COLON-TYPHOID GROUP .... 88 



VIII. THE DIPHTHERIA BACILLUS . . . .110 



IX. THE BACILLI OF H^MORRHAGIC SEPTICAEMIA . 121 



X. MICRO-ORGANISMS OF SUPPURATION AND SEPTIC 



DISEASES ....... 127 



XI. PNEUMONIA MALTA FEVER .... 142 



XII. THE INFLUENZA AND GLANDERS BACILLI . .145 



XIII. THE SPIRILLA 150 



XIV. THE TRICHOMYCETES . . . . . 156 

 XV. THE BLASTOMYCETES 161 



XVI. THE HYPHOMYCETES . . . . .167 



XVII. THE PATHOGENIC PROTOZOA . . . .174, 



XVIII. FERMENTATION ENZYMES SULPHUR AND IRON 



BACTERIA BACTERIAL DISEASES OF PLANTS . 188 



XIX. DISEASES OF QUESTIONABLE ORIGIN THE FILTER- 

 ABLE VIRUSES 195 



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