CONTENTS 



PREFACE 



BOOK FIRST MICROBES IN GENERAL 

 PABT I WHAT THEY ABE 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I THEIR NAME 3 



II THEIR SPECIFIC NATURE 6 



III THEIR SIZE 8 



IV MICROBES EAT AND EXCRETE 10 



V MICROBES HAVE LOCOMOTION 11 



VI THEY PROPAGATE 13 



VII THEIR ONENESS OF ACTION 16 



VIII THEIR NUMBEBS 17 



IX DIFFERENT KINDS 19 



X THEIR PLACE IN NATURE ....... 21 



XI GOOD AND BAD 23 



XII MAY BE CULTIVATED 25 



PART II MICROBES AND LIFE 



XIII A LITTLE CHEMISTRY 31 



XIV A LITTLE PHYSICS 35 



XV THE ORIGIN OF MATTER 40 



XVI ORIGIN OF THE MICROBE 43 



XVII THE PSYCHIC FACULTY OF MICROBES .... 45 



XVIII THE CELL AS A MICROBE 47 



BOOK SECOND OUR INVISIBLE FRIENDS 

 PAST I MICROBES OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUOBS 



XIX THE MICROBE OF BEER 65 



XX THE MICBOBE OF WINE 70 



XXI THE MICBOBE OF CIDER 73 



XXII THE MICROBE OF ALCOHOL 76 



PART II MICROBES OF THE HOME 



XXIII THE MICROBE OF BREAD 81 



XXIV THE MICROBE OF MILK 85 



