xxii CONTENTS 



XXXVIII. Bacillus maligni cedematis. 



Introduction, - - 561 



Section I. The experimental disease, - 561 



Section II. Morphology, 563 



Section III. Biological properties, - 565 



SUB-DIVISION VIII. 



XXXIX. Certain anaerobic micro-organisms found in gan- 

 grenous suppurations. 



I. Bacillus perfringens, 569 



The bacillus of Ghon and Sachs, p. 571. 



II. Bacillus pseudo-oedema, 571 



III. Bacillus ramosus, - 571 



IV. Bacillus serpens, 572 

 V. Bacillus thetoides, 572 



VI. Bacillus fragilis, 573 



VII. Bacillus fusiformis, 574 



VIII. Spirillum riigrum, - 577 



IX. Staphylococcus parvulus, 578 



X. Micrococcus fetidus, 578 



XI. Bacillus aerobicus sepis, 578 



SUB-DIVISION IX. THE GRAM-POSITIVE MICROCOCCI. 



XL. The pneumococcus. 



Introduction, - - 580 



Section I. Experimental inoculation, 581 



Section II. Morphology, 582 



Section III. Biological properties, - 585 



(1) Vitality and virulence, p. 585. (2) Biochemical reactions, p. 586. 

 (3) Toxins, p. 586. (4) Vaccination, p. 587. (5) Serum therapy, 

 p. 588. (6) Agglutination, p. 589. (7) Precipitins, p. 590. (8) 

 Immune bodies, p. 590. 



Section IV. Detection, isolation and identification of the 



pneumococcus, - 590 



XLI. Streptococci hominis. 



Introduction, - - 592 



Varieties of streptococci, p. 593. 



Section I. Experimental inoculation, 594 



Section II. Morphology, - 595 



