CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



INTRODUCTION ...... 1 



I. THE NATURE, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTIONS OF THE 

 BACTERIA : THEIR CLASSIFICATION, GENERAL 

 BIOLOGY, AND CHEMISTRY BACTERIA AND 

 DISEASE .... 8 



II. METHODS OF CULTIVATION AND ISOLATING OR- 

 GANISMS ....... 49 



III. THE PREPARATION OF TISSUES AND ORGANISMS 



FOR STAINING AND MOUNTING STAINING AND 

 STAINING METHODS . . . . .102 



IV. METHODS OF INVESTIGATING MICROBIAL DIS- 



EASES THE INOCULATION AND DISSECTION OF 

 ANIMALS HANGING - DROP CULTIVATION 

 INTERLAMELLAR FILMS THE MICROSCOPE . 134 



V. INFECTION VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL PARASITES 

 -THE INFECTIVE PROCESS ANTI-BODIES 

 ANTI-SERA AND ANTITOXINS IMMUNITY . 171 



VI. THE PATHOGENIC MICROCOCCI AND STREPTOCOCCI 

 E. pyocyaneus 8. ventriculi CEREBRO- 

 SPINAL FEVER AND GONORRHOEA . . . 267 



VII. ANTHRAX ....... 306 



VIII. DIPHTHERIA ....... 320 



Diphtheria in England The Diphtheria Bacillus 

 - The Pseudo - Diphtheria Bacillus Clinical 

 Diagnosis The Xerosis Bacillus Diphtheritic 

 Affections of Birds and Animals. 



IX. INFECTIVE GRANULOMATA GLANDERS " ACID- 

 FAST " BACILLI TUBERCULOSIS LEPROSY 

 THE SMEGMA BACILLUS .... 356 



X. TYPHOID FEVER PARATYPHOID FEVER BACIL- 

 LUS ENTERITIDIS AND THE GARTNER GROUP 

 SWINE FEVER BACILLUS DYSENTERIC 

 BACILLUS COLI . . . . .411 



XI. BUBONIC PLAGUE CHICKEN CHOLERA MOUSE 



SEPTICAEMIA . . . 467 



