CLINICAL BACTERIOLOGY AND 

 VACCINE-THERAPY 



CHAPTER I 



THE LABORATORY 



This should be a fair-sized room, and where possible only 

 used for laboratory work. Ample daylight must be 

 admitted, and the whole ought to present a clean appearance. 

 The walls should be washed with a light-coloured hygienic 

 wash or paint, of which there are many. 



The woodwork should be painted white, as also the 

 cabinets, cupboards, etc., and the floor covered with a plain 

 linoleum. 



As it is essential for media, stains, etc., and even the 

 microscope itself, to be kept at a fairly even temperature, 

 the laboratory should be heated in the winter months by 

 hot-water pipes or fires. 



The bench or table must be placed in the brightest 

 place in the room, for preference opposite a window. 



An ordinary table will answer one's purpose. This 

 should have a blackened top, along the centre of which 

 runs a piece of white paper, and the whole top should be 

 covered with a sheet of glass. 



Plate-glass, of course, is best, but on a large table it 

 is somewhat expensive ; and provided the top is perfectly 

 level, ordinary sheet-glass will answer our purpose. 



The back of the table ought to carry a rack for holding 



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