INDEX 



395 



Bacillus pneumonia . . . . 240 



of quarter evil . . . . 318 



of rabbit septicaemia . . 254 



radicosus . . . . . . 309 



of rhinoscleroma . . . . 242 



of septic pleuropneumonia 254 



smegmatis . . . . 285 



of soft chancre . . . . 245 



subtilis . . . . . . 310 



of swine plague . . . . 254 



tetani . . . . . . 311 



tuberculosis . . . . 273 



typhosus .. .. .. 231 



typi murium . . . . 236 



vulgatus . . . . . . 310 



of whooping cough . . 244 



xerosis . . . . . . 247 



of Zur Nedden . . . . 245 

 Baking powders, composition 



of . . . . . . 101 



definition of . . . . 101 



Bacterial activity, results of 172 



poisons . . . . . . 175 



protein . . . . . . 175 



Bacteriological examination of 



air 363 



dust . . . . . . 365 



milk . . . . . . 366 



sewage, etc. . . . . 365 



soil 365 



water . . 21, 345 



value of . . . . 54 



media, classified . . 151 

 Bacteriolysins . . . . 191 

 Bacterioscopic examination of 



water . . . . . . 347 



Barley-sugar . . . . . . 103 



Baryta water . . 10, 32, 61 



Bates' saccharometer . . 126 



Bed bug . . . . . . 260 



Beer . . . . . . . . 125 



acidity of . . 128, 145 



addenda . . . . . . 130 



arsenic in . . . . 129 



wort . . . . 126, 128 

 agar 344 



Beers from starches, etc. . . 127 



Beeswax, melting-point of . . in 



Beet sugar . . . . . . 103 



Benzoates in milk . . . . 82 



Bicarbonates in water, with 



carbonates . . . . 31 



with free CO 2 . . 32 



Bile-salt, neutral-red, lactose 



agar 154 



glucose litmus peptone 



water . . . . . . 153 



Black damp in mines . . 70 



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" Black death " . . 254, 260 



Black rat 258 



Blastomycoses . . . . 333 



Bleaching of flour . . . . 99 



powder . . . . . . 135 



Blood films 168 



serum, Lceffler's . . . . 246 



medium . . . . 154 



" Blowers " . . . . 70 



Boiled milk, detection of . . 79 

 Borax in milk 80 and errata 



Bordet-Gengou bacillus . . 244 



Bordet and Gengou reaction 204 



Boric acid in butter . . . . 92 



milk . . . . . . 80 



Botulus bacillus . . . . 316 



Bottom yeast . . 127, 333 



Bouillon filtre . . . . 281 

 Bovine tubercle bacilli 277,289,390 



tuberculosis . . . . 293 



Brandy . . . . . . 132 



Braxy . . . . . . . . 318 



Bread, manufacture of . . 99 



acidity of . . . . 100 



aerated . . . . . . 100 



Brewer's yeast . . . . 332 



Brewing-waters . . . . 127 



Broth, " ghee " . . . . 256 



glycerin . . . . . . 390 



nutrient . . . . . . 151 



standardization of its re- 



action . . . . . . 151 



Bromine absorption process 



for phenol . . 141, 137 



Brown rat . . . . . . 258 



Brownian movements in dis- 

 infectants . . . . 140 



Brucine test for nitrates in 



water . . . . . . 49 



Buboes in rats . . . . 262 



Bubonic plague . . . . 257 



Buchanan's rat agar . . . . 255 



Buchner's tube . . . . 311 



Buddeized milk . . . . 83 



Budding . . . . . . 331 



Bug, bed . . . . . . 260 



Butter, adulterations . . 87 



average composition of . . 87 



bacteriology of . . . . 376 



boric acid in . . . . 92 



colouring matter in . . 95 



curd or casein in . . . . 88 



detection of starch in . . 94 



fat in 88 



v. margarine . . . . 95 



polariscope test . . . . 94 



salt in 88 



saponification equivalent of 93 



