INDEX. 



ABBE condenser and oil-immersion 

 lenses, hints as to the use of, 

 86 



Acid, carbolic, value of, as a germi- 

 cide, 118 

 Acids and alkalies, production of, 



by bacteria, 54 

 Actinomyces bovis, 260 

 Actinomycosis, 260 

 fungus of, 261 



growth of, 262 

 in man, 263 

 of human liver, 264 

 resemblance of, to tuberculosis, 



262 

 Activity, vital, in bacteria, results 



of, 50 



Adhesion preparation, 147 

 Aerobic bacteria, 45 

 Aerogenic bacteria, 50, 54 

 Agar-agar as a culture-medium, 



129 

 advantages of, over gelatin, 



150 



blood, 131 

 hemoglobin, 131 

 preparation of, 129 

 sedimentation of, 130 

 Air, bacteriologic examination of, 



164 



Hesse's apparatus, 165 

 Petri's filter for, 166 

 Sedgwick's expanded tube, 



167 



value of, 167 

 micro-organisms in, 164 

 pathogenic bacteria in, 164 

 Alexin, 78 



Alkali albuminate, Deycke's, 133 

 Alkaline blood-serum, 133 

 31 



Alkaloids, animal, 51 



putrefactive, 51 

 Anaerobic bacteria, 45 

 cultivation of, 153 

 cultures, Novy's jars for, 156 

 Anilin dyes and bacteria, affinity 



between, 90 

 classification of, 90 

 employment of, in study of 



bacteria, 90 



for bacteriological work, 91 

 introduction of, in 1877, by 



Weigert, 26 

 Animals, experimentation upon, 



158 

 inoculation of, with bacteria, 1 59, 



160 



to secure cultures, 148 

 Anthrax, 356 

 animals most frequently affected 



by, 356 



antitoxin of, 364 

 bacillus of, 357 



cultures of, 359 



discovery of, 356 



morphology of, 357 



other bacilli resembling, 365 



pathogeny of, 361 



resistant powers of, 363 



staining of, 357 



susceptibility of, to heat, cold, 



etc., 363 



foci for the distribution of, 356 

 immunity to, experiments in de- 

 struction of, 364 

 in cattle, how acquired, 364 



measures to prevent the spread 



of, 365 



means by which infection takes 

 place, 361 



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