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INDEX 



Gartner's bacillus in food poi- 

 soning, 143 



Gas, formation of, by bacteria, 35 

 gangrene, bacillus of, 181 



Gasoline for destroying lice, 169 



Gastric juice, role of, in com- 

 bating bacteria, 66 



German measles, 123 

 quarantine in, 63 



Glanders, bacillus of, 178 



Goats, immunity to tuberculosis, 

 64 



Gonococcus, 117 



Gonorrhea, bacteriology of, 117 

 vaccine treatment of, 118 



Gram's stain, 26 



Grease for destroying lice, 169 



Halazone for disinfection of 

 drinking-water, 42, 150 



Heat, destructive effect of, on 

 bacteria, 36 

 dry, for destroying lice, 169 

 in cultivation of bacteria, 31 

 sterilization by, 43 

 to fix bacteria, 26 



Hemameba malarise, 128 



Hip disease, 92 



Hog cholera, virus of, 127 



Hookworm, 153 



Horses for antitoxin, 98 



Hot air, sterilizing with, 43 



Hydrocephalus, 92 



Hydrogen peroxid, effect of, on 

 bacteria, 40 



Hydrophobia, virus of, 127 



Immunity, definition of, 64 



kinds of, 64 



maternal transmission of, 65 

 Immunizing against diphtheria, 



100 



Incubator for bacteria, 29 

 Infantile paralysis, 185. See also 



Poliomyelitis. 

 Infected wounds, Dakin's solu- 

 tion for, 41 

 dichloramine-T in dressing, 

 41 

 Infectious disease, definition of, 12 

 fumigation after, 57 

 quarantine against, 60 

 Infestation with lice, 153 



methods of combating, 169 

 Infiltration, purulent, 52 

 Inflammation, 50 

 Influenza bacillus, 175 

 serum and vaccines in, 79 

 virus of, 127 

 Insects as carriers of infectious 



diseases, 57 

 lodin as disinfectant, 40 



Jenner, introduction of vac- 

 cination, 125 



Koch, early work in bacteriology, 



12 

 Kumyss, bacteriology of, 141 



Lactation in relation to trans- 

 mission of immunity, 65 

 Lactic acid bacilli in milk, 140 

 Laveran, discoverer of malaria 



parasite, 128 

 Lazy-worm, 153 



Leeuwenhoek, discoverer of bac- 

 teria, 11 

 Leprosy, bacillus of, 182 

 Leukocytes, defensive role of, 66 

 Lice in transmission of disease, 

 169 

 infestation with, 153 



methods of combating, 169 



