CONTENTS xi 



PAQB 



ative periostitis Erysipelas Conjunctivitis Acute rheu- 

 matism Vaccination treatment of infections by the pyogenic 

 cocci Methods of examination in inflammatory and suppur- 

 ative conditions ..... 206 



CHAPTER. VIII. 



INFLAMMATORY AND SUPPURATIVE CONDITIONS, continued : 

 THE ACUTE PNEUMONIAS, EPIDEMIC CEREBRO-SPINAL 

 MENINGITIS 



Introductory Historical Bacteria in pneumonia Fraenkel's 

 pneumococcus Friedlaender's pneumobaccillus Distribution 

 of pneumobacteria Experimental inoculation Pathology of 

 pneumonia Methods of Examination. Epidemic cerebro- 

 spinal meningitis Serum reactions Allied diplococci . . 232 



CHAPTER IX. 



GONORRHCEA AND SOFT SORE. 



The gonococcus Microscopical characters Cultivation Com- 

 parison with meningococcus Relations to the disease Its 

 toxin Distribution Gonococcus in joint affections Methods 

 of diagnosis. SOFT SORE : Microscopical characters and culti- 

 vation of bacillus , 259 



CHAPTER X. 



TUBERCULOSIS. 



Historical Tuberculosis in animals Tubercle bacillus Staining 

 reactions Cultivation of tubercle bacillus Powers of resist- 

 ance Action on the tissues Histology of tuberculous nodules 

 Distribution of bacilli Bacilli in tuberculous discharges 

 Experimental inoculation Varieties of tuberculosis Other 

 acid-fast bacilli Action of dead tubercle bacilli Sources of 

 human tuberculosis Specific reactions of the tubercle bacillus 

 Tuberculins Phenomena of supersensitiveness Tuberculin 

 reactions Toxins of the tubercle bacillus Immunity 

 phenomena in tuberculosis Therapeutic application of the 

 tuberculins Active immunisation associated with opsonic 

 observations Antitubercular sera Methods of examination . 271 



