TA.BLE OF CONTESTS. 



PART FIRST. 



CLASSIFICATION, MORPHOLOGY, AND GENERAL BACTERIOLOGICAL 



TECHNOLOGY. 



PAGE 



I. HISTORICAL, 3 



II. CLASSIFICATION, .10 



III. MORPHOLOGY, 20 



IV. STAINING METHODS, 25 



V. CULTURE MEDIA 37 



VI. STERILIZATION OF CULTURE MEDIA 50 



VII. CULTURES IN LIQUID MEDIA, CO 



VIII. CULTURES IN SOLID MEDIA, . . . .. . . .67 



IX. CULTIVATION OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA, 78 



X. INCUBATING OVENS AND THERMO-REGULATORS, . . .86 



XI. EXPERIMENTS UPON ANIMALS, 94 



XII. PHOTOGRAPHING BACTERIA, .... . 101 



PART SECOND. 



GENERAL BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS. 



I. STRUCTURE, MOTIONS, REPRODUCTION, Ill 



II. CONDITIONS OF GROWTH, 118 



III. MODIFICATIONS OF BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS, . . . .122 



IV. PRODUCTS OF VITAL ACTIVITY, 126 



V. PTOMAINES AND TOXALBUMINS, .... . 139 



VI. INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL AGENTS, . . . . . .145 



VII. ANTISEPTICS AND DISINFECTANTS (GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE 



ACTION OF), 156 



VIII. ACTION OF GASES AND OF THE HALOID ELEMENTS UPON BAC- 

 TERIA, 164 



IX. ACTION OF ACIDS AND ALKALIES 172 



X. ACTION OF VARIOUS SALTS, . . . * 178 



XI. ACTION OF COAL-TAR PRODUCTS, ESSENTIAL OILS, ETC., . 189 



XII. ACTION OF BLOOD SERUM AND OTHER ORGANIC LIQUIDS, . 198 



XIII. PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR DISINFECTION, . . . . 201 



