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INDEX. 



Bordet's theory on bactericidal action 

 of ox-serum, 236 



on dilutions of serum, 233 

 Boric acid (see Acid, boric) 

 Bouillon, 64 



sugar-free, 67 



Bovine tuberculosis, danger of, in 

 milch cows, 151 



lesions of, 355 



Branching forms of bacilli, 119 

 Bread-paste, 76 

 Bromin as a germicide, 256 

 Bronchitis, B. influenzae in, 337 



streptococci and pneumococci in, 



289 



Brownian movement, 24 

 Bubonic plague, bacillus (see Bacillus 



pestis bubonicae) 

 Buchner's method for cultivating 



anaerobes, 90 

 Burner, Koch's safety, 86 

 Butter, tubercle bacilli in, 151 

 Butyric acid (see Acid, butyric) 



Cadaver, care of, in contagious 

 diseases, 259 



Calcium compounds as germicides, 

 256 



Canada balsam for mounting cover- 

 glass preparations, 27, 29 

 for mounting sections, 41 



Capaldi's culture-medium, 347 



Capsule bacillus of Pfeiffer, 315 



Capsules of bacteria, definition of, 121 

 nature of, staining of, by Hiss' 

 method, by Welch's method, 49 



Carbol-fuchsin for staining tubercle 

 bacilli, 34 



Carbolic acid (see Acid, carbolic) 



Carbon dioxid, as a product of bac- 

 terial growth, 132 



Carbuncles caused by S. pyogenes 

 aureus, 293 



Carmine, as contrast-stain in Gram- 



Weigert's method, 43 

 in gentian-violet preparations, 45 



Caries of the teeth, 162 



Carriers of infection, 175 



Caseation, 357 



Catgut, surgical preparation, difficulty 

 of sterilizing, 265 



Cedar-wood oil, for immersion-lens, 20 



Celloidin imbedding, 28 



Cells, epithelioid, giant, 357 

 pus, 283 



Chlorophy 

 affe< 



Cellulitis caused by bacillus aerogenes 



capsulatus, 326 



by streptococcus pyogenes, 296 

 Cellulose, decomposition by bacteria 

 in the stomachs of ruminants, 

 129, 165 



Centrifuge for milk separator, 154 

 Cerebro-spinal meningitis, 309 

 Chancroid, bacillus of, 314 

 Charbon (see Anthrax) 



symptomatique (see Symptomatic 

 anthrax) 

 Cheese-poisoning, 153 



chemical nature of antitoxic 



action, 220 



Chemotaxis, definition, 125 

 in inflammation, 214 

 in suppuration, 282 

 Chicken-pox, 170 

 Chlorid of lime, as germicide, 256 

 Chlorin as a germicide, 255 

 Chloroform as a preservative for blood- 

 serum, 74 



>hyll, absence of, in bacteria 

 affects their nutrition, 126 

 not present i% bacteria, i, 167 

 in higher plants, 134 

 Cholera, Asiatic, diagnosis, 396 

 B. dysenteriae in, 387 

 B. proteus, 320 

 infantum, 320 

 nostras, 401 

 red reaction, 392 

 spirillum (see Spirillum of Asiatic 



cholera), 390 



Chromogenic bacteria, 128 

 Cladothrix, 276 

 Classes in bacteriology, hints for 



teaching, 113 



Classification of bacteria, 117 

 Cleaning fluid, 25 



Climate, influence on infections, 179 

 Clostridium butyricum, definition, 124 

 Coal-oil for destroying insects, 258 

 Cold, effect of, on growth of bacteria, 



124 



Collection of material for bacterio- 

 logical examination of sputum, 

 of urine, 107 



in suspected diphtheria, 109 

 Collection of samples of water for 

 bacteriological examination, 142 

 Collodion, capsules, for cultivating 

 bacteria inside the animal body, 

 106 



