646 



INDEX 



Peritoneal fluid, bacteria in, cultures of, 



228 



technique of, 228 

 Pest. See Plague. 

 Pfeiffer phenomenon, 509 

 Phagedenic ulcer, 528, 529 

 Phagocytic theory of immunity, 117-131 

 Phagocytosis, 128-131, 483, 496 

 Phagolysis, 128 

 Pharyngeal material, bacteria in, 232 



examination of, 232 

 Phenols, 75, 246 



germicidal value of, 246 

 produced by bacteria, 75 

 Phosphorescent bacteria, 53 

 Phosphorus in bacteria, 60 

 Phragmidothrix, 33 

 Phycomycetes, 542 

 Pigment, bacterial, 52 

 chromogenic, 53 

 fluorescent, 53 

 phosphorescent, 53 

 photodynamic, 53 

 Pink eye, 423 



von Pirquet tuberculin test, 449 

 Pityriasis versicolor, 545 

 Plague bacillus, 407-416 



dissemination and prophylaxis 

 of, 93, 95, 106, 107, 110, 401, 

 414, 415 



identification of, 415, 416 

 animal inoculation, 416 

 cultural, 416 

 morphological, 416 

 immunity and immunization of, 



413, 414 



Haffkine vaccine, 414 

 specific sera, 414 ' 

 isolation and culture of, 409 

 morphology of, 408, 409 

 pathogenesis of, 411-413 

 animal, 237, 411, 412 

 human, 412, 413 

 products of growth of, 410 

 enzymes, 410 

 toxins, 410 

 bubonic,- 413 



method of transmission of, 414, 



415 



pneumonic, 412 

 septicemic, 413 

 Planococcus, 33 

 Planosarcina, 33 

 Plating methods for bacteria, 206, 207, 



209-212 



Pleiomorphism in bacteria, 23 

 Pleural fluid, bacteria in, 106 

 Pleuropneumonia of cattle, 563 

 Plotz bacillus, 560 

 Pneumococcus, 282-291 



dissemination and prophylaxis of, 

 90, 93, 96, 99-101, 106, 290, 291 

 identification of, 290, 291 

 immunity and immunization of, 290 

 isolation and culture of, 283 



Pneumococcus, morphology of, 282 

 mucosus, 289 



types of, 289 



pathogenesis of, 287, 288, 442 

 animal, 287, 288 

 human, 287, 288 

 products of growth of, 285-287 

 chemical, 285 

 enzymes, 286 

 hemotoxin, 287 

 toxins, 286 



stain for capsule, 180, 181, 186 

 synonyms of, 282 

 types of, 289 

 Pneumonic plague, 412 

 Polar body stain, 181 

 granules, 27, 409 

 Poliomyelitis, 557-559 



dissemination and prophylaxis of. 



106, 107, 158 

 immunity of, 559 

 organism of, 558 

 products of growth of, 558 

 Polychrome stains, 184 

 Porges and Meyer reaction in syphilis, 



520 



Portal of entry of bacteria, 96 

 Postmortem cultures, 224-225 

 technique of, 224, 225 

 Potassium permanganate as germicide, 



245 



Potato, 204 



Precipitinoids, 124, 149 

 Precipitins, 124, 149 

 Prenatal infection, 96 

 Pressure, effect of, on bacteria, 47 

 Proagglutinoids, 143 

 Prophylactic vaccination, bacterial, 170 



with virus, 574, 575 

 Prophylaxis against anaphylaxis, 141 

 Proteases, 51 

 Protein, bacterial, 58-61 



decomposition of, by bacteria, 73-76 

 enzymes, splitting, 51 

 Prowazek bodies, 570, 571 

 Pseudomonas, 33 

 Psychrophilic bacteria, 41 

 Ptomains, bacterial, 75, 76, 360, 361 



definition of, 52 

 Purple bacteria, 52 

 Pus, bacteria in, 106, 228, 367, 368 

 examination of, 228 

 stains for, 228 

 Putrefaction by bacteria, 83 

 Putrescin, 75 

 Pyocyanin, 380 



Q 



QUARTER evil, 496 

 vaccine, 498 



R 



RABIES, 565-569 



diagnosis of, 566, 567 



