INDEX. 



555 



Bacteria, multiplication of, . . . 4 

 " nature, effects in, . . 22, 25 

 " nitrifying, .... 25 



parasitic 23 



pathogenic, action of, . . 157 

 effects of, . . 164 

 " reproduction, ... 4 

 " saprophytic, . . .23, 157 

 " separation of, ... 53 

 " signs of infection, . . .171 

 " soil, examination for bac- 

 teria 128 



" species of, . . . .11 

 " spore formation in (see also 



Spores) 5, 58 



" staining methods, see that title. 

 " structure of, . . . . 3 

 sulphur-containing, . . 10 

 " suppuration, see that title. 

 " temperature of growth of, . 19 

 " thermal death-point test, . 70 

 " tissue changes, . . . 164 

 " toxins, see that title. 

 " variability among, . . 25 



" virulence of, . . . 158, 466 

 k " water, bacteria in, . . 133 



" see also names of diseases. 

 Bacterial ferments, . . . 24, 78 



pigments 10 



protoplasm, structure of, . 9 

 treatment of sewage, . . 138 

 Bactericidal powers of serum, . . 497 

 substances, . . .481 

 Bacteriological diagnosis, . . .112 

 examination of dis- 

 charges, . . .114 

 Basic aniline stains, .... 97 

 Beerwort, culture media, ... 49 

 " gelatin, .... 41 



Beggiatoa, 16 



Behring on immunity, . . . 390, 498 

 Bettencourt's spirillum, . . . 425 

 Bibliography, ..... 534 

 Biology of bacteria, . . 17 



bibliography, . 535 

 Bismarck-brown, .... 97 



Blackleg 4 J 



Blastomycetic dermatitis, . . . 152 

 Blastophores (malaria), . . . 522 



Blood-agar, 4 2 



Blood, examination of, . . 72, 90 



in malarial fever, . . .516 



in relapsing fever, . . . 447 



" serum, as medium, . . 43, 45 



" toxin in the circulating blood, 387 



Bone-marrow in leucocytosis, . . 165 



Bordet's phenomenon, . . .481 



Botulism, bacillus of, . . . . 398 



Bouillon (see also Culture media), . 35 



Bovine tuberculosis 250 



Bread paste, 

 Brieger and Boer, 



Fraenkel, 



Bruce, on malta fever, . 

 Buboes, 

 Bubonic pest, 

 Buchner on alexines, . 

 " antitoxin, . 



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. 49 



174, 368 



172, 384 



452 

 228, 233 



435 

 . 498 



475 



Bulloch's apparatus for anaerobic 



culture 61 



Biitschli on bacterial structure, . . 10 



Butter bacillus, 256 



Calmette, . . . 444, 468, 473, 475 



Canon on influenza, . . . 430, 433 



Cantani on influenza, .... 434 



Capsules, staining of, . . . . 106 



Carbol-fuchsin, ..... 102 



" -gentian-violet, .... 102 



" -methylene-blue, . . . 101 



". thionin-blue, .... 101 



Carbolic acid as antiseptic, . . 146 



Carter on relapsing fever, . . . 449 



Cattle plague 504 



Celloidin sacs 66 



Cerebro-spinal fluid, examination 



by lumbar puncture, 73 

 Chamberland and Roux, attenuation 



of B. anthracis, .... 465 

 Chamber-land's filter, . . . ^74 



Charbon symptomatique, . . . 401 

 Chemical action of bacteria, . 23, 162 



" composition of bacteria, . 10 

 Chemiotaxis, . . 21, 181, 494, 498 



Chlorine as antiseptic, . . . 143 



Cholera 47 



" bibliography, . . . 547 



" immunity against, . . 420 



" methods of diagnosis of, . 426 

 " preventive inoculation 



against, . . . .421 



" -red reaction, . . . 412 



sicca 408 



Cholera spirillum 407 



characters of, . . 408 



" " distribution of, . 410 

 " " inoculation 



with, . . 415, 420 

 " " methods of 



distinguishing, 422 

 powers of resist- 

 ance of, . . 413 

 " " relations to 



disease, . . 423 



" spirilla resembling, 424 



" " toxins of, . . 417 



Cladothrices in soil 13 



Cladothrix 16 



astevoides, . . . 295 



Classification of bacteria, . . . i, n 



