INDEX 



ACETIC acid for clearing, 9 



decolourising, 10 

 Acid alcohol for decolourising, 30, 



37 



Actinomyces, 45, 46, 69, 70 

 Actinomycosis, 45, 46, 69, 70 



paraffin sections, 69 



staining of mycelium, 69 

 clubs and mycelium, 70 

 Agar-agar, preparation of nutri- 

 ent, 90 



plates, 103, 104 



sterilisation of, 91 



to fill tubes with, 90 

 Air, examination of, 108-115 



anaerobic germs, 113-115 

 Albumoses, 151-155 



diphtheria, 155-157 



separation of, 152 



tests for, 151 

 Ammonia, disinfectant action of, 



131 

 Anaerobic organisms, 113-119 



in air and dust, 113-115 



in soil, 115-119 



cultivation of, 113-118 



separation of, 118, 119 

 Anaerobic putrefaction, 120, 121 

 Andrewes, 147 

 Aniline dyes, 9 



fuchsine, 30 



gentian violet, 18 



water, 18 



xylol, 52 



Anthrax bacillus, 21-30, 32, 34- 

 37, 71-77 



asporogenous cultivation, 22 



attenuation, 23, 25, 26 



cultivation of, 21 



examination of animal dead of, 132 



frozen sections, 35 



gelatine plates of, 29, 34 



hanging drop, 22, 24, 25 



immunity of frog, 73, 74 



impression specimens, 26, 34 



in tissues, 27, 35 



litmus agar-agar, 25, 26, 29 



phagocytosis, 71-77 



production of acid by, 22 



silk threads, 127 



staining of, 23, 24 

 spores of, 30, 32 



Antiseptics, method of testing (car- 

 bolic acid), 126 

 Aspartate of sodium, 158 

 Aspergillus niger, cultivation of, 6 



examination of, 13 

 Aspirator, 110, 111 

 Avian tubercle, 67 



BACILLUS anthracis (vide Anthrax) 

 coli communis (vide Bacterium 



coli commune) 

 diphtherias (vide Diphtheria) 

 filamentosus, 8, 14, 17, 32 

 fluorescens, 6, 21, 97 

 hay, 33 

 leprse (vide Leprosy) 



