xii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 

 FUNGI: NON-PATHOGENIC AND PATHOGENIC. 



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Mucorinae Ascomycetse Perisporiaceae Yeasts and torulse Blastomycetic 



dermatitis Morphology Cultural characters 148 



CHAPTER VI. 



RELATIONS OF BACTERIA TO DISEASE THE PRODUCTION OF 

 TOXINS BY BACTERIA. 



Introductory Conditions modifying pathogenicity Modes of bacterial action 



Tissue changes produced by bacteria Local lesions General lesions 



Disturbance of metabolism by bacterial action The production of 

 toxins by bacteria, and the nature of these Allied vegetable and animal 

 poisons The theory of toxic action 157 



CHAPTER VII. 

 INFLAMMATORY AND SUPPURATIVE CONDITIONS. 



The relations of inflammation and suppuration The bacteria of inflammation 

 and suppuration Results of experimental inoculation Lesions in the 

 human subject Mode of entrance and spread of pyogenic bacteria 

 Ulcerative endocarditis Acute suppurative periostitis Erysipelas 

 Meningitis Conjunctivitis Acute rheumatism Methods of examina- 

 tion in inflammatory and suppurative conditions 180 



CHAPTER VIII. 



INFLAMMATORY AND SUPPURATIVE CONDITIONS, CONTINUED: 

 THE ACUTE PNEUMONIAS. 



Introductory Historical Bacteria in pneumonia Fraenkel's Pneumococ- 

 cus Friedlander's pneumobacillus Distribution of pneumobacteria 

 Experimental inoculation Etiological relations to pneumonia The 

 toxins of the pneumococcus Immunisation against pneumococcus 

 Methods of examination 205 



CHAPTER IX. 

 GONORRHOEA, SOFT SORE, SYPHILIS. 



The gonococcus Microscopical characters Cultivation Relations to 

 disease Its toxin Distribution Gonococcus in joint affections 

 Methods of diagnosis Soft sore Syphilis 223 



CHAPTER X. 

 TUBERCULOSIS. 



Historical Tuberculosis in animals The tubercle bacillus Staining reac- 

 tions Cultivation of tubercle bacillus Powers of resistance Action 

 on the tissues Histology of tuberculous nodules Distribution of bacilli 



