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Consumption not one of the highly contagious diseases . . .96 



44 of the lungs the most common form of tuberculosis . . 65 



predisposition of certain persons to .... 59 



prevalence and mortality of . . . . . 57, 61 



44 proper food and surroundings more important tha drugs in 



the treatment of ...... 103 



spread by meat and milk ...... 64 



44 summary of the reasons of prevalence of ... 70 



" transmission of, in unclean sleeping-cars, bedrooms, and 



steamships ....... 86 



44 transmission of, to attendants upon the sick . . .68 



44 tubercle bacilli the only direct cause of . . . -59 



" ways in which it is spread by dust . . . .58 



Contagion .......... 95 



Contagiousness, degrees of, in bacterial diseases . . . .96 



Cornet, discovery of tubercle bacilli in consumptives' rooms . . .66 



Cotton niters for bacterial air analysis ...... 14 



Coughing, infective spray in . . . . . 77, 87 



Court-rooms, filthy and dangerous air of . . . . 83 



Culture medium and methods for germs ...... 11-14 



Destruction of discharged material best means for preventing spread of 



bacterial diseases ...... 101 



Diphtheria . ......... 55-88 



Disease, preventable . . . . . 54 



44 relation of dust to ... 5 



Diseases, infectious ......... 55 



44 " presence of bacteria in explaining many mysteries of . 93 



44 " relation of bacteria to . . . . 55 



44 of occupation . . . 5 



Disinfection, modern notions of, more precise ; . 95 



Drugs in infectious diseases ....... 98 



Drying, tubercle bacilli killed by . . . . .87 



Dundee, air analysis in .... . . 2 3 



Dust, as means of spreading consumption or tuberculosis . 5 8 

 41 " source of danger in public assembly rooms . . . .81 



44 coal- and cotton- ... + 



44 dangers of, in public buildings ... & 



44 -dangers out-doors and in-doors ... 74 

 44 definition of .. 



44 filtration of, out of lymph in the lungs . . . 45 



44 jn-doors, germs in . t a ? 



