CONTENTS. 



PART I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 



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INTRODUCTION ......................... 17 



CHAPTER I. 

 BACTERIA ............ ... ........... 28 



CHAPTER II. 

 BIOLOGY OF BACTERIA ..................... 39 



CHAPTER III. 

 INFECTION .......................... 59 



CHAPTER IV. 

 IMMUNITY ........................... 86 



CHAPTER V. 

 METHODS OF OBSERVING BACTERIA ............... 151 



CHAPTER VI. 

 STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION ................ *73 



CHAPTER VII. 

 CULTURE MEDIA AND THE CULTIVATION OF BACTERIA 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 CULTURES AND THEIR STUDY ................. 209 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE CULTIVATION OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA ........... 227 



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