INDEX 



219 



Plague bacillus, general descrip- 

 tion of, 122 



pathogenic power of, 121 

 poisons, 121 



relation of, to plague, 120 

 resistance of, to heat and 



chemicals, 122 

 vaccines, 123 



bacteriological diagnosis of, 122 

 disinfection during attack, 121 

 immunity against, 123 

 immunization against, 123 

 rat fleas in transmission of, 121 

 rats in transmission of, 121 

 transmission of, 120, 121 

 vaccines in, 123 

 Plane, 209 

 Plasma, 209 

 Plasmodium, 188 

 falciparum, 195 

 general description of, 198 

 life in mosquitoes, 196 

 malaria?, 195 



pathogenic powers of, 195 to 197 

 vivax, 195 



Pneumococcus, 92, 95 

 antiserum, 97 



in diseases other than pneu- 

 monia, 92, 95 

 general description of, 96 

 pathogenic powers of, 97 

 poisons, 97 



relation of, to pneumonia, 95 

 resistance of, to heat and 



chemicals, 97 

 Pneumonia, 95, 164 

 antiserum, 70, 97 

 bacteriological diagnosis of, 95 

 disinfection during, 95 

 Poliomyelitis, 203 



virus of, 203 

 Proliferate, 210 

 Protoplasm, 210 



Protozoa, 17, 21, 29, 31, 35, 42, 188 

 biological classification of, 21, 



188, 210 



centrosome of, 29 

 chemistry of, 31 

 cilia of, 29 

 cytoplasm of, 29 

 examination for, 42 

 flagella of, 29 

 morphology of, 29 

 motility of, 29 



Protozoa, nucleus of, 29 



nutrition of, 30 



pseudopods of, 30 



reproduction of, 30 



requirements, 36 



temperature for, 36 



wall, 29 



Protozoology, 17 

 Pseudodiphtheria bacilli, 104 

 Pseudopods, 30, 210 

 Ptomain poisoning, 64 

 Pus, 79, 82 



bacillus of green, 169 



collection of, 73 

 Putrefaction, 34, 210 

 Pyemia, 80 

 Pyocyanase, 170 

 Pyocyaneus bacillus, 82, 169 

 Pyogenes, 210 



R 



RABIES, 200. See Hydrophobia. 



Rain, bacteria in, 180 



Ray fungus, 155. See Strepto- 

 thrix actinomyces. 



Reclamation of gauze, 58 



Relapsing fever, 146 



Reproduction, 25, 30 



Rheumatism, acute articular, 204 

 streptococcus rheumaticus in, 204 



Rhizopoda, 188 



Ringworm, 174 



Room disinfection, 49, 57 



Rubber gloves, disinfection of, 47 



Russell, Major, U. S. A., anti- 

 typhoid vaccination, 115 



S 



SAPROPHYTES, 20, 210 



in intestine, 34 

 Sarcinae, 26 

 Sarcodina, 21, 188 

 Scarlet fever, 64, 202 



from milk, 186 



Schick test in diphtheria, 103 

 Schizomycetes, 21 

 Septic sore- throat, 86 



tank process of sewage disposal, 



35 

 Septicemia, 60, 80 



