

‘ s Spohitaneous generation, xiii, 29, 31, 
+32, 44, 298 
Spores of Bacilli, 70, 220, 232; death- 
ary of, 71-74; after desiccation, 
75-8 
Spores a oe 743 of mould, death- 
point of, 65, 73 
Staphylococci in hay Setar, 189 ; 
in sea-water, 277 
Stars, chemical elements in, 12, 14; 
classification of, 143; dissociated 
elements in, 15; spectral lines of, 
3, 13 
Sterilising temperature, 261 
Stokes, Sir Geo., 2, 24 
Stoney, Dr Johnstone, 6 
Streptococci, evolution of, 307; in 
capsules, 255 ; in hay infusion, 204 ; 
in pure urine, 189; in sea-water, 
277; supposed long line of ances- 
tors of, 307 
Superheated fluids, signs of fermenta- 
tion in, 196-206 ; potash tubes, 152 ; 
retorts, first experiments with, 105 ; 
are the latter necessary, 182-185 
Superheating, effects of, 247, 274 
Survival of germs, 44, 132, 192 
TARNOWSKI, 65 
Temperature of ebullition in vessels 
with capillary orifices, 112 
Thermal death-point of Bacteria, 56- 
66; of Fungus-germs, 65, 73; of 
Infusoria, 55; of seeds and eggs, 
45-52; of Torule, 62 
Thermophilic Bacteria, 67-69, 85, 281 ; 
not found in tap-water, 69, 85 
Thomson, Prof. J. J., 11 
Thorium, 8, 16 
Thresh and Porter, Drs, 259 
Tinned meats and vegetables, prepara- 
tion of, ITI-113 

Tonsillitis, 303 
Torule, 269; death-point of, 62; 
light favouring appearance of, 2533 
multiplying, 274 
Torula-threads, 268 
Tubercle bacillus, its origin, 306, 308 ; 
supposed long line of ancestors, 306 
Turner, Prof. H. H., 24 
Turnip and cheese experiments, 100- 
106, 107 
Tutton, A. E. H., 290 
Tyndall, Prof. , 20, 32, 44, 58, 78, 92, 
167, 170, 187, 209-228 
Typhoid bacilli, 301 
ULTRA-CONTAGIONIST views, 297, 305 
Uniformity of nature, 28 
Unity of protoplasm, 43 
Uranium, 8, 16 
Urea, decomposition of, by boiling, 
168-170 ; in incubator, 170-173 
Urine, pure, experiments with, 184, 
187-189} 
Urine, aiabtheated experiments with, 
193 
Urine and liquor potassze,experiments, 
130-150; excess of liquor potassze 
harmful, 149; repeated by M. 
Pasteur, 173-176; by Prof. Tyndall, 
151-153, 170, 176; by Sir Wm. 
Roberts, 151-153 
VAN TIEGHEM, 165 
Variability of microbes, 291 
Vibriones, 270 
WATER, bacteria in, 41 
Wildermann, 238 
Wohler, Prof., 240 
Worlds, inhabited, multitudes of, 1 
Wurtz, Prof., 165 
Wyman, Prof. Jeffries, 53, 54, 88, 120 
319. 
