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Consumption not one of the highly contagious diseases . . .94 



of the lungs the most common form of tuberculosis . . 65 



predisposition of certain persons to . . ' 59 



prevalence and mortality of . . . . . 57, 61 



proper food and surroundings more important than drugs in 



the treatment of . . . ... 101 



spread by meat and milk . . . . .64 



summary of the reasons of prevalence of . j .. . 70 



transmission of, in unclean sleeping-cars, bedrooms, and 



steamships ._.. . . .'-.. 86 



transmission of, to attendants upon the sick . ... . 68 



tubercle bacilli the only direct cause of . . .* . 59 



ways in which it is spread by dust . . . .58 



Contagion .......... 93 



Contagiousness, degrees of, in bacterial diseases . . . .94 



Cornet, discovery of tubercle bacilli in consumptives' rooms . . .66 



Cotton filters for bacterial air analysis . . . . .' . 14 



Court-rooms, filthy and dangerous air of . . . . 83 



Crime, toleration of filthy cities by the people a . . . 91 



Culture medium for germs . . . . % . . 14 



u methods for germs . . . . ... .11 



Destruction of discharged material best means for preventing spread of 



bacterial diseases . . . .- .99 



Diphtheria ....... 55 



Disease, preventable . . . . ~\ . . .54 



44 relation of dust to . . . . . . .50 



Diseases, infectious . . . . . f . -55 



44 " presence of bacteria in explaining many mysteries of . 91 



" relation of bacteria to . . . . 55 



44 of occupation . . . . ... .5 



Disinfection, modern notions of, more precise . . . . . 93 



Drugs in infectious diseases . . . . . .96 



Dundee, air analysis in . . . . . . .23 



Dust, as means of spreading consumption or tuberculosis . . .58 



44 " source of danger in public assembly rooms . . . .81 



44 coal- and cotton- ........ 4 



44 dangers of, in public buildings ...... 80 



44 -dangers out-doors and in-doors ...... 74 



41 definition of . . . . . . . . .a 



44 filtration of, out of lymph in the lungs ..... 45 



44 in-doors, germs in ,~~ ....... 37 



