INDEX 



641 



Desiccation, effect of, on bacteria, 39 

 Destruction of bacteria, 214-254. See 



Sterilization. 



Detre tuberculin test, 450 

 Diphtheria antitoxin, 395-398 

 concentration of, 396 

 curative value of, 398 

 properties of, 396-397 

 standardization of, 397-398 

 unit of, 397 

 bacillus, 388;-404 



ammonia formation, 80 

 cellulose in, 61 



dissemination and prophylaxis 

 of, 90, 93, 100, 101, 

 106, 403, 404 

 use of antitoxin, 403 

 serum sickness, 403 

 identification of, 401-403 

 microscopical, 401, 402 

 toxin formation, 402, 403 

 immunity and immunization, 



398, 399, 403 

 Schick reaction, 399 

 with toxin antitoxin 



mixtures, 398 

 isolation and culture of, 390- 



392, 405 



morphology of, 388, 389 

 pathogenesis of, 400, 401 

 animal, 398, 400 

 human, 400, 401 

 products of growth of, 392, 403 

 chemical, 392 

 enzymes, 392 

 toxin, - 52, 82, 102, 109, 



218, 392, 403 

 action, 395 

 constitution, 394 

 production, 392 

 storage, 393 

 testing potency, 



393, 394 

 toxoid, 395 

 toxone, 395 

 prophylactic immunization of, 



403 

 group, 388-406 



toxin, 52, 82, 103, 109, 218, 



392-395, 480 



Diplococcus catarrhalis, 307-309 

 dissemination of, 106 

 identification of, 308, 309 

 isolation and culture of, 308 

 morphology of, 307, 308 

 pathogenesis of, 308 

 products of growth of, 308 

 definition of, 33 



gonorrhcese, 301. See Gonococcus. 

 intracellularis meningitidis, 292. See 



Meningococcus. 

 lanceolatus, 282-291. See Pneumo- 



coccus. 



pneumoniae, 282-291 

 weichselbaumii, 292 

 41 



Discomyces bo vis, 536 

 Disinfectants, 244-248 



chemical solutions, 244 

 gaseous, 249-253. See Sterilization. 

 Dohle bodies in scarlet fever, 564 

 Double sugar media, 204 

 Droplet infection, 92 

 Dry heat, effect of, on bacteria, 43 

 Drying, effect of, on bacteria, 39, 40 

 Ducrey bacillus, 425 

 Dunham solution, 198 

 Dust infection, 91 

 Dysentery bacillus, 315-324 



Flexner and Shiga types, 315 

 ammonia formation, 80 

 dissemination and prophyl- 

 axis of, 93, 96, 104, 107, 

 324 



identification of, 323 

 immunity and immuniza- 

 tion of, 322 

 isolation and culture of, 



317, 318 



morphology of, 316, 

 pathogenesis of, 320 

 products of growth of, 316, 



318, 221, 222 

 chemical, 316, 318, 



321 

 toxins, 318 



E 



EAR, bacteria in, 106, 235, 362, 365 

 Ectoplasm of bacteria, 25 



chemical composition, 58 

 Edema, malignant, 493-496 

 Egg media, 203 



Ehrlich theory of immunity, 117-126 

 Einheit of streptococci, 280 

 Electricity, effect of, on bacteria, 44-46 

 Emphysematous gangrene, bacteria of, 



488H193 

 Emulsin, 51 



Endo medium, 201, 330 

 Endospores, 29 

 Endotoxins, 52 

 Engulfment of bacteria by leukocytes, 



129 7 131 



Enteritidis group, 344 

 Enteritis, streptococcus, 275 

 Enterococcus, 265-268. See Micrococ- 



cus ovalis. 

 Enzymes, bacterial, 49 



classification of, 50 



endo-, 50 



exo-, 49, 78, 217 



general, 50 



influence of carbohydrates on, 

 78, 217 



properties of, 52 

 Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, 292 



poliomyelitis, 557 

 Epidemiology, 107 



