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INDEX 



Bacillus enteritidis, 183 

 of Koch-Weeks, 146 

 rnelitensis, 128. See Malta 



fever 



of Morax and Axenfeld, 146 

 paratyphosus, 127 

 pestis, 132. See Plague ba- 

 cillus 



proteus vulgaris, 190 

 pyocyaneus, 191 



diagnosis of infections with, 

 193 



general description of, 191 



pathogenic powers of, 192 



poisons, 192 



resistance to heat and 

 chemicals, 191 



where found, 191 

 tctani, 113. See Tetanus 



bacillus 

 typhosus, 118. See Typhoid 



bacillus 

 Bacteria, 17, 22, 236 



activities and nature of, 34 



aerobic, 36 



anaerobic, 36 



biological classification of, 



21 



capsule of, 28 

 chemistry of, 33 

 colonies of, 41 

 cultivation of, 40 to 43 

 cytoplasm of, 25 

 endotoxins of, 66 

 entrance of, to body, 63 * 

 enzymes of, 36 

 extracellular toxins of, 66 

 in fermentations, 36 

 ferments of, 36 

 flagella of, 28 

 in hair, 104 



in intestinal tract, 35 to 38 

 intracellular toxins of, 66 

 lactic acid, 37, 188 

 motility of, 28 

 nucleus of, 25 

 nutrition of, 35 

 pathogenic, 20 

 poisons of, 65, 66, 73 

 in putrefaction, 37 

 relation of, to disease, 63 

 reproduction of, 27 



1 Bacteria, resistance of body to, 



64, 70 to 74, 86 

 size of, 27 

 specificity of, 64 

 spores of, 28 

 staining of, 44 

 toxins of, 66, 72, 73 

 transmission of, 67 

 vegetating, 50 

 wall of, 25 

 Bacteriacea3, 22, 236 

 Bactericide, 236 

 Bacteriemia, 65 

 ! Bacterin treatment, 75, 91 

 Bacterins, 75, 91, 236 

 Bacteriology, 17, 236 

 Bacteriolysin, 74, 236 

 , Bacterium aerogenes capsula- 



tus, 189 

 anthracis, 171. See Anthrax 



bacillus 



bulgaricum, 188, 189, 210 

 diphtheria?, 107. See Diph- 

 theria bacillus 

 influenzse, 128. See Influenza 



bacillus 



lactis aerogenes, 210 

 leprse, 165. See Leprosy 



bacillus 



of malignant edema, 190 

 mallei, 168. See Glanders 



bacillus 

 ozsense, 187 



pneumonia?, 185. See Fried- 

 lander's bacillus 

 tuberculosis, 149. See Tu- 

 bercle bacillus 

 Balantidium coli, 214 

 Beri-beri, 233 

 Bichloride of mercury, 53 

 Blastomycetes, 22, 195 

 diagnosis of, 201 

 disinfection during attack, 



196 



transmission of, 195 

 Blood culture technic, 84 

 Boiling for sterilization, 50 

 Boils, 91 

 Bordet-Gengou bacillus, 147. 



See Whooping-cough 

 Boric acid, 56 

 Buttermilk, 210 



