CONTENTS. 



PART I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 



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INTRODUCTION ......................... 17 



CHAPTER I. 

 BACTERIA ............... ............ 27 



CHAPTER II. 

 BIOLOGY OF BACTERIA ..................... 38 



CHAPTER III. 

 INFECTION .......................... 59 



CHAPTER IV. 

 IMMUNITY ........................... 84 



CHAPTER V. 

 METHODS OF OBSERVING BACTERIA ............... 135 



CHAPTER VI. 

 STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION ................ 155 



CHAPTER VIL 



CULTURE MEDIA AND THE CULTIVATION OF BACTERIA ...... *73 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 CULTURES AND THEIR STUDY . ................. 190 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE CULTIVATION OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA ........... 208 



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