CONTENTS 



PART I 

 BACTERIOLOGY 



SECTION I 

 APPARATUS AND PROCESSES 



PAGE 



THE BACTERIOLOGICAL MICROSCOPE - V - - I 



STERILIZATION OF APPARATUS, ETC. - - 3 



PREPARATION OF CULTURE MEDIA -~ - 6 



INOCULATION OF CULTURE MEDIA -' .- - 15 



INCUBATION OF CULTURES - ' 1 7 



METHOD OF EXAMINING CULTURES - -22 



GRAM'S METHOD OF STAINING - 24 



EXAMINATION OF FILMS USE OF MICROSCOPE - 2J 



STAINS - 29 



CLEANING SLIDES AND COVER-GLASSES - 31 



PIPETTES - 33 



SECTION II 

 DIAGNOSIS OF CERTAIN DISEASES 



DIPHTHERIA - - 39 



TETANUS - 49 



THE PNEUMOCOCCUS, PNEUMONIA, ETC. 55 



INFLUENZA - 59 



ANTHRAX - 62 



TUBERCLE - 66 



LEPROSY - 76 



ACTINOMYCOSIS, OR STREPTOTHRICOSIS - 77 



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