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tion, p. 380. (6) Serum therapy, p. 383. (7) Agglutination 

 Serum-diagnosis of enteric fever, p. 384. Application of agglutina- 

 tion reaction to the identification of the typhoid bacillus, p. 389. 

 (8) Absorption of agglutinins, p. 389. (9) Complement fixation, 

 p. 390. 



Section IV. Detection, isolation and identification of the 



typhoid bacillus, - - 390 



XXII. Bacillus coli. 



Introduction, - - 393 



Section I. Experimental inoculation, - 394 



Section II. Morphology, 395 



Section III. Biological properties, 396 



(1) Biochemical reactions, p. 396. (2) Variability of flagella, p. 398. 

 (3) Vitality and virulence, p. 398. (4) Toxin, p. 398. (5) Vaccina- 

 tion and serum therapy, p. 399. (6) Agglutination, p. 399. 



Section IV. Detection, isolation and identification of the colon 



bacillus, - - 400 



The bacillus of green diarrhoea, 400 



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XXIII. The isolation of the typhoid and colon bacilli from water, 



stools, etc., and the methods of identifying the two 

 organisms. 



Introduction, - - 401 



Section I. The isolation of the typhoid and colon bacilli, 402 



(1) Original methods, p. 402. (2) Eisner's method and its modifica- 

 tions, p. 403. (3) Precipitation methods, p. 406. (4) Methods based 

 upon the motility of the typhoid bacillus, p. 406. (5) Chantemesse's 

 carbolic media, p. 407. (6) Conradi-Drigalski's method, p. 407. (7) 

 Endo's medium, p. 408. (8) Caffeine media, p. 408. (9) Malachite 

 green media, p. 409. (10) China green medium, p. 410. (11) Bile 

 media, p. 410. (12) Brilliant green medium, p. 411. (13) Neutral 

 red media, p. 411. (14) Methods based upon agglutination, p. 412. 

 MacConkey's media, p. 412. 



Section II. The identification of the typhoid and colon bacilli, - 412 



XXIV. The pneumobacillus of Friedlander. 



Introduction, - 415 



Section I. Experimental inoculation, - 416 



Section II. Morphology, 416 



Section III. Biological properties, 417 



Section IV. Detection, isolation and identification of the 

 pneumobacillus, - 



The bacillus of rhmoscleroma, 

 The bacillus of ozaena, - 



