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VII. Typhoid fever and typhus ... ... ... 191 



VIII. The microbe of cholera ... ... ... ... 195 



IX. Eruptive fevers : scarlatina, smnll-pox, measles, etc. 209 



X. The microbes of croup and whooping-cough. ... ... 215 



XI. The microbes of phthisis and leprosy ... ... 223 



XII. The microbe of pneumonia ... ... ... ... 229 



XIII. Some other diseases due to microbes ... ... 230 



XIV. The microbe of erysipelas ... ... ... ... 232 



XV. The microbes of pus, septicemia, etc. ... ... 2.-M 



XVI. The microbes of other diseases, due to wounds ... 236 



XVII. The mode of action of pathogenic microbes : ptomaines 237 



CHAPTER VI. 



PROTECTION AGAINST MICROBES ... ... ... ... 212 



I. Antiseptic treatment of wounds: Gue'rin's protective treat- 

 ment ; Lister's dressing ... ... ... ... 242 



II. Hygiene of drinking-water: water free from microbes; 



Cuambeiiand filter ... ... ... ... ... 245 



CHAPTER VII. 



LABORATORY RESEARCH, AND CULTURE OK MIUUOBES ... 258 



CHAPTER VIII. 



POLYMOKPHISM OF MICROBES ... ... ... ... 272 



CHAPTER IX. 



CONCLUSION ... ... ... ... ... ... 285 



The Miorobiau Theory compared with other Theories set forth to 



expla n tho Origin of Contagious Diseases ... ... 285 



APPENDIX. 



A. Terminology of Microbes ... ... ... ... 301 



B. Micrococcus of phosphorescence ... ... ... 304 



C. Diseases of plants caused by bacteria ... ... ... 305 



D. Ptomaine of the microbe of fowl cholera ... ... 306 



B. Cesspools. System of conveying everything to the sewers 306 



F. Pewers of Paris and the Plain of Geunevilliers ... 3()7 



G. Useful microbes ... ... ... ... it 3Qg 



H. Ptomaines of fish ... ,,. ... .,. 393 



INDEX ... ... ... ... ... ... ,. 399 



