CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTION HISTORY THE PLACE OF MICROORGAN- 

 ISMS IN NATURE 17 



CHAPTER II 



GENERAL MORPHOLOGY REPRODUCTION CHEMICAL AND 



PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 22 



CHAPTER III 



GENERAL BIOLOGY, INCLUDING THE CHEMICAL CHANGES 



WROUGHT BY BACTERIA 33 



CHAPTER IV 



METHODS OF STUDYING MICROORGANISMS STERILIZATION 



BY HEAT 37 



CHAPTER V 



DESTRUCTION OF BACTERIA BY CHEMICALS, AND THEIR 



PRACTICAL USE 48 



CHAPTER VI 

 THE RELATION OF BACTERIA TO DISEASE IMMUNITY . 58 



CHAPTER VII 



PREPARATIONS FOR AND PROCURING OF SPECIMENS FOR 



BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION 71 



