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INDEX 



Diphtheria, bacteriological diag- 

 nosis of, 110, 111 

 disinfection during attack, j 



108, 109 

 serum sickness following, 77, j 



78 



transmission of, 108, 211 

 Diplococci, 27 

 Diplococcus pneumonise, 103. I 



See Pneumococcus 

 Disease, 63 



transmission of, 67 

 water-borne, 205 

 Dishes, disinfection of, 50 

 Disinfectants, 52 



uses of, 58 to 62 

 Disinfection, 53, 237 

 of dejecta, 60 

 practical, 53 

 of room and houses, 61 

 of sputum, 60 



of water-closets and sinks, 61 

 Dressings, disinfection of, 50 

 Dumdum fever, 217 

 Dysentery, amebic, 140, 215 

 bacillary, 140 

 antibodies, 142 

 antiserum, 77, 143 

 bacteriological diagnosis of, I 



142 

 disinfection during attack, i 



141 



transmission of, 141, 142 

 bacillus, 140 

 agglutinins, 142 

 antisera, 143 

 bacteriolysins, 142 

 general description of, 143 

 pathogenic powers of, 141, 



143 



poisons, 141 



relation of, to dysentery, 140 

 resistance of, to heat and 

 chemicals, 143 



ENCYSTMENT, 237 

 Endotoxins, 66, 72 

 Entamreba histolytica, 216. See 

 Amebic dysentery 



Entamocba histolytica, general 

 description of, 216 

 pathogenic powers of, 216 

 Enteric fever, 118. See Ty- 

 phoid fever 

 Enzymes, 36, 44, 237 



in industries, 36 

 Etiology, 237 

 Exudate, 88 



FAHRENHEIT scale, 51 

 False membrane, 88 

 Favus, 200 

 Feces, collection of, 82 



sterilization of, 60 

 Fermentation, 19, 36, 44, 210. 



237 

 Ferments, 36, 44, 237 



in industries, 36 

 Fever, 65 



Filterable viruses, 228 

 Flagella, 28, 32 

 Flagellata, 214 



Flies in transmission of disease, 

 68, 120 



tsetse, 68, 219 

 Fomites, 68 



Formaldehyde, 56, 58, 59 

 Formalin, 56, 58, 59 

 Friedlander's bacillus, 185 



pathogenic powers of, 185 

 Fungi, 21 



GENERATION, spontaneous, 19 

 Genus, 237 

 Germination, 237 

 Glanders, 168 to 171 

 bacillus, 168 



general description of, 170 

 pathogenic powers of, 169 

 poisons, 169 



relation of, to glanders, 168 

 resistance of, to heat and 



chemicals, 170 

 vaccines, 171 



bacteriological diagnosis of, 

 169 



