CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND TECHNIQUE. 



PAGE 



Introduction xiii 



CHAPTER I. CLASSIFICATION, STRUCTURE, AND RE- 

 PRODUCTION . . . . . .17 



II. ORIGIN, LIFE, GROWTH, AND PROPERTIES 23 



" III. METHODS OF EXAMINATION ... 26 



" IV. STAINING OF BACTERIA .... 30 



" V. GENERAL METHOD or STAINING SPECI- 

 MENS .34 



" VI. SPECIAL METHODS OF STAINING . . 37 



" VII. METHODS OF CULTURE .... 40 



" VIII. NUTRIENT MEDIA 46 



" IX. SOLID TRANSPARENT MEDIA ... 49 



" X. INOCULATION OF GELATINE AND AGAR . 55 



" XI. GROWTH AND APPEARANCES OF COLONIES 60 



" XII. CULTIVATION OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA . 62 

 " XIII. MANNER IN WHICH BACTERIA ACT UPON 



BODY 64 



" XIV.-lMMUNITY 69 



" XV. ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS .... 71 



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