INDEX 



ABBA'S condenser, 7 

 Abbott's stain for spores, 107 

 Aberration, chromatic, 56 



spherical, 55 

 Absolute alcohol as a fixative, 82 



as an antiseptic, 27 

 Absorbent paper for drying cover- 

 slips, 69 



A. C. E. mixture, 345 

 Acetic acid for clearing films, 82 

 Achromatic condenser, 54 

 Acid haematin, 96 



production, analysis table, 283 

 by bacteria, 145 

 investigation of, 280 

 qualitative examination, 283, 

 ~ 284 



quantitative examination, 280 

 Acid-fast bacilli in tissues, to 



stain, 124 



Action of various gases on bac- 

 teria, 295 



Active immunisation, illustra- 

 tive example, 322 

 Adjustable water bath, 299 

 Aerobic cultures, 221 

 Aerogenic bacteria, 131 

 ^Esculin agar, 204 

 Agar gelatine (guarniari), 194 

 methods of preparation, 167 

 surface plates, 232 

 Agar-agar, preparation of, 167 

 Agglutination reaction, macro- 



scopical, 386 

 microscopical, 385 

 Agglutinin, 381 

 Air, analysis of, 468 

 filter, 40 



Eump, Geryk, 43 

 umin solution, Mayer's, 120 



Alcohol production, test for, 285 



Alkaline pyro, 239 



Alum carmine, 96 



Ammonia production test for, 285 



Amphitrichous bacteria, 136 



Anaerobic cultures, 236 

 Botkin's method, 243 

 Buchner's method, 238 

 Bulloch's method, 245 

 Hesse's method, 237 

 McLeod's method, 240 

 media, 180 

 Novy's method, 244 



Anaerobic cultures, Roux's bio- 

 logical method, 237 

 physical method, 237 

 vacuum method, 238 

 Wright's method, 239 

 Anaesthetics, 345 

 Analysis of air, apparatus for, 469 

 method of, 468 

 qualitative bacteriological, 



470 



quantitative bacteriologi- 

 cal, 468 



of butter, qualitative bacterio- 

 logical, 458 

 quantitative bacteriological, 



457 



of cream, qualitative bacterio- 

 logical, 458 

 quantitative bacteriological, 



457 



of fish, 460 



of ice cream, qualitative bac- 

 teriological, 457 

 of meat, apparatus for, 460 

 method of, 460 

 qualitative bacteriological, 



462 



of milk, apparatus for, 444 

 collection of samples, 441 

 method of, 441 

 qualitative bacteriological, 



446 

 quantitative bacteriological, 



444 



of oysters, 463 



of sewage, qualitative bacter- 

 iological, 467 

 quantitative bacteriological, 



466 



of shellfish, 463 

 of soil, apparatus for, 473 

 collection of samples, 471 

 method of, 470 

 qualitative bacteriological, 



476 

 quantitative bacteriological, 



473 

 of water, apparatus for, 420, 



427 ^ 



collection of samples, 416 

 method of, 416 

 qualitative bacteriological, 



426 



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