INDEX. 



453 



Ear, middle, 160, 289 

 inflammation of, 289 

 normally sterile, 160 



Eberth's bacillus (see Bacillus of 

 typhoid fever) 



Edema, malignant, bacillus (see 

 Bacillus cedematis maligni) 



Egg-albumen as a culture-medium, 75 



Egg-medium of Dorset, 76 



Eggs, in cultivating anaerobes, 75, 82 



Ehrlich's side-chain theory, 218 



Electric heater and regulator for 

 incubators (Rogers), 87 



Electricity, influence on bacteria, 247 



Eisner's culture-medium, 374 



Embryo, infection of, 172 



Emmerich's bacillus (see Bacillus 

 coli communis) 



Emphysematous gangrene (see Bacil- 

 lus aerogenes capsulatus), 325 



Endocarditis, M. gonorrhcese in, 311 

 M. lanceolatus in, 306 

 pyogenic bacteria in, 288 

 S. pyogenes aureus in, 293 

 streptococcus pyogenes in, 296 



Endogenous spores, 122 



Endotoxins, 186 



Enzymes, analogy with toxins, 189 

 bacterial, 128 



Eosin in Wright's stain, 48 



Epithelioid cells, 357 



Epitoxoid, 224 



Epitoxonoid, 224 



Erysipelas (see Streptococcus of ery- 

 sipelas) 



Escherich's bacillus (see Bacillus coli 

 communis) 



Esmarch's method for anaerobes, 92 

 roll-tubes, 99 



Essential oils as germicides, 257 



Eye-piece, 18, 19, 20 



Fallopian tube, bacteria of, 160 

 Farcy-buds, 365 



Fats, decomposition by bacteria, 129 

 Favorable and unfavorable conditions 



for growth of bacteria, 125 

 Feces, bacillus of tetanus in, 329 

 bacteria of, 165 

 disinfection of, 259 

 typhoid bacilli, examination- for, 



by serum test, 376 

 in water or feces, 373 

 Fermentation, 12, 133 

 tube, 132 



Ferments, bacterial, 1 28 



and toxins, 189 

 Ferrous sulphate, 258 

 Fibrin, Weigert's stain for, 42, 258 

 Picker-Hoffmann's method for detect- 

 ing typhoid bacilli, 374 

 Film-preparations, making of, 26 



fixing of, 27 



staining of, 28 

 Filter, alum, 141 



for bacteria, 62 



American, 141 



Berkefeld, 62 



infusorial earth, 62 



Kitasato, 62 



mechanical, 141 



Pasteur-Chamberland, 62, 142 



sand, 141 



unglazed porcelain, 142 

 Filterable microorganisms, 171 

 Filtration, sterilization by, 141 



of water, 63, 140 

 Finkler and Prior spirillum, 401 

 Fishing from colonies, 91 

 Fission, multiplication of bacteria by, 3 

 Fixation of cover-glass preparations, 

 26, 27, 28 



of slide-preparations, 27 



of tissues, 37 



Fixative, glycerin albumen, 39 

 Flagella, as organs of locomotion, 125 



staining of, 50 



Fleas, diseases carried by, 177 

 Flies, cholera carried by, 176, 395 



tuberculosis carried by, 176 



typhoid fever carried by, 176, 389 

 Fluid for cleaning, 25 

 Fluorescence of bacteria, in water, 128 



B. fluoresceis liquefaciens, 269 



B. pyocyaneus, 317 

 Focusing the microscope, 21 



for hanging-drop preparations, 23 

 Fomites, definition, 169 

 Food used by bacteria, 126 

 Foods, bacteria of, 149 



poisoning by, 159 

 Foot-and-mouth disease, 171 

 Forceps, Cornet, 26 



cover-glass, 26 



for slides, Kirkbride, 27 



Stewart, 26 

 Formaldehyde as a germicide, 251 



candles, 254 



for disinfection of rooms, 260 



fixation of tissues with, 37 



