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BACTERIA, YEASTS, AND MOLDS 



Brown rot, 41. 

 Bubonic plague, 221. 

 Budding, 10, 60; fungi, 61. 

 Butter, flavor of, 6, 131, 198 ; ruined 



by bacteria, 134; salting of, 164. 

 By-products, 127. 



Camembert cheese, 52. 

 Canned foods, value of, 181 ; mold- 

 ing of, 26. 

 Canning, 5, 169 ; failures, cause of, 



175- 



Canning in factories, 177. 



Carbolic acid, as a disinfectant, 258 ; 

 as a preservative, 1 58. 



Carbon dioxide, 56. 



Carpets, molding of, 33. 



Casein, 125. 



Cats, as distributers of disease, 221. 



Cattle, as distributers of tuberculo- 

 sis, 222. 



Celery, 234. 



Cellar, use of, for preserving food, 

 154. 



Cephalothecium, 21. 



Certified milk, 186, 229. 



Charque, 144. 



Cheese, flavor of, 6, 198 ; molding 

 of, 27, 37; poisoning, 199; pres- 

 ervation of, in brine, 164. 



Chills and fever, 214. 



Chloride of lime, 259. 



Cholera, 204, 220,222,223,227,238. 



Cider, 64, 71 ; as a source of vine- 

 gar. 133- 



Cloth, molding of, 33. 



Clothing, disinfection of, 243, 263. 



Coccus, 104. 



Cold, as a disinfectant, 257 ; as a 

 preservative, 148. 



Cold -storage, 148 ; effect of, on 

 molds, 37 ; food from, 1 50. 



Cool temperatures, devices for, 155. 



Commercial yeast, impurities in, 91. 



Compressed yeast, 78 ; keeping of, 

 80. 



Consumption, 212, 220, 232, 241, 

 252. 



Contagion, conditions of, 213. 



Contagious diseases, i, 6; distribu- 

 tion of, 7, 208, 212. 



Corn, canning of, 173, 174, 178, 180. 



Corned beef, 164. 



Corrosive sublimate, as a disinfect- 

 ant, 258 ; as a preservative, 158. 



Coughing, a means of distributing 

 bacteria, 232. 



Crackers, preservation of, 142. 



Curtains, in sick rooms, 121. 



Darkness, effect on mold growth, 



36. 



Death of bacteria by heating, 1 1 o. 



Decay, i, 4, 128, 129; advantages 

 of, 130. 



Decay of fruit, 41, 49; prevention 

 of, 44. 



Decomposition of food, 126; prod- 

 ucts, 127. 



Deodorants, 259. 



Diastase, 86. 



Diphtheria, 204, 219, 227, 238, 239, 

 241, 243, 244, 248, 250, 252. 



Dirt, bacteria in, 118. 



Disease bacteria, 203 ; vigor of, 207. 



Disease germs, 6, 122. 



Diseases, caused by molds, 53 ; cause 

 of, 210, 212 ; course of, 205; how 

 produced, 203 ; prevention of, 7. 



Dishcloths, 138. 



