CONTENTS. xi 



APPLICATION OF THE METHODS OF 

 BACTERIOLOGY. DESCRIPTIONS 

 OF SOME OF THE MORE IM- 

 PORTANT SPECIES. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



PAGE 



To obtain material with which to begin work . . " . . . . 225-228 



CHAPTEE XV. 



Various experiments in sterilization by steam and by hot air . 229-233 



CHAPTEE XVI. 



Suppuration The staphylococcus pyogenes aureus Staphylo- 

 coccus pyogenes albus and citreus Streptococcus pyogenes Bacil- 

 lus pyocyanus General remarks 234-253 



CHAPTEE XVII. 



Sputum septicsemia Septicaemia resulting from the presence of 

 the micrococcus tetragenus in the tissues Tuberculosis . . . 254-265 



CHAPTEE XVIII. 



Tuberculosis Microscopic appearance of miliary tubercles En- 

 capsulation of tuberculous foci Diffuse caseation Cavity-forma- 

 tion Primary infection Modes of infection Location of the bacilli 

 in the tissues Staining peculiarities- Organisms with which the 

 bacillus tuberculosis may be confounded Points of differentiation . 266-286 



CHAPTEE XIX. 



Glanders Characteristics of the disease Histological structure of 

 the glanders nodule Susceptibility of different animals to glanders 

 The bacillus of glanders ; its morphological and cultural peculiari- 

 tiesDiagnosis of glanders 287-295 



CHAPTEE XX. 



Bacillus diphtherissIts isolation and cultivation Morphological 

 and cultural peculiarities Pathogenic properties Variations in 

 virulence 296-311 



CHAPTEE XXL 



Typhoid fever Study of the organism concerned in its produc- 

 tionThe bacterium coli commune Its resemblance to the bacillus 

 of typhoid fever Its morphological, cultural, and pathogenic prop- 

 ertiesIts differentiation from the bacillus typhi abdominalis . . 312-329 



