482 



INDEX. 



Anthrax, means of protecting ani- 

 mals against, 363, 364 

 microscopic examination of the 



various organs in, 362 

 resistant powers of, 358 

 spores, 357, 358, 360 

 symptomatic, 453 

 bacillus of, 454 

 cultures of, 455 

 staining of, 454 

 precautions to be observed in, 



458 

 protective inoculations in, 456 



statistics of, 458 

 Antiabrin, 70 



Anti-infectious substances, 8 1 

 Antiphthisin, 236 

 Antipneumococcic serum, 351 

 Antiricin, 79 

 Antisepsis, origin of, 26 

 Antiseptic action, results of, on 



bacteria, 178 

 value of some of the principal 



germicides, 113 

 value of reagents, determination 



of, 177 



Antistreptococcic serum, 196 

 Antitoxic serum, preparation of, for 



therapeutic purposes, 302 

 of tetanus, 282 

 Antitoxin of anthrax, 364 

 of cholera, 325 

 of diphtheria, 297 

 of tetanus, 282 

 theory of immunity, 78 

 Antitoxins, 79 

 action of, upon bacteria, 81 

 origin of, 80 



specific for one disease only, 83 

 Antituberculin, 237 

 Arnold's steam sterilizer, 108 

 Aromatics, production of, by baC- 

 trli.1, 56 



Arthrnsporcs, 35 



Ascococcus, 37 



Asiatic cholera, spirillum of, 313, 



314 

 Association, effects of, on bacteria, 



47 



Atmosphere as a factor in the 

 causation of suppuration, 



183 



bacteria in, 183 

 germs in, number of, 167 

 Autoclave, 1 1 1 

 Trillat, 115 



BACILLI, division of, 38 

 morphology of, 38 

 motility of, 31 



Bacillus aerogenes capsulatus, 463 

 colonies of, 466 

 cultures of, 465 

 gas- production by, 467 

 infection of man by, 469 

 morphology of, 465 

 natural habitat of, 468 

 origin of, 463 

 pathogeny of, 468 

 staining of, 464 

 symptoms produced in man 



by, 470 



vital resistance of, 468 

 anthracis, 357 

 colony of, 146 

 gelatin puncture-culture of, 



149 



spores of, 358 



coli communis, 200, 371, 389 

 a cause of cholera intantuin, 



396 



cultures of, 390, 391 

 determination of, 396 

 differentiation from typhoid 



bacillus, 398 



immunization against, 395 

 in drinking-water, deter- 

 mination of, 172 

 in yellow fever, 399, 400 

 pathogeny of, 392-396 



for animals, 394 

 penetration of intestinal 



tissue, 392 

 staining of, 389 

 varieties of, 397 

 coli immobilis, 390 

 colon, 389. See Bacillus >// 



