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INDEX 



Bacillus of Koch-Weeks, 135 

 melitensis, 137. See Malta 



Fever, 

 of Morax and Axenfeld, 



135 



paratyphosus, 118 

 pestis, 122. See Plague 



bacillus. 



proteus vulgaris, 177 

 pyocyaneus, 177 



diagnosis of infections 



with, 179 

 general description of, 



178 

 pathogenic powers of, 



177, 179 

 poisons, 179 

 resistance to heat and 



chemicals, 178 



where found, 177 



tetani, 105. See Tetanus 



bacillus. 



typhosus, 109. See Ty- 

 phoid bacillus. 

 Bacteria, 17, 21, 222 



activities and nature of, 33 

 aerobic, 34 

 anaerobic, 34 

 biological classification of, 



21 



capsule of, 26 

 chemistry of, 31 

 colonies of, 38 

 cultivation of, 38 

 cytoplasm of, 24 

 endotoxins of, 61 

 entrance of, to body, 58 

 enzymes of, 34 

 extracellular toxins of, 61 

 in fermentations, 34 

 ferments of, 34 

 flagella of, 27 

 in hair, 99 



in intestinal tract, 33 to 36 

 intracellular toxins of, 61 

 lactic acid, 36 

 motility of, 26 

 nucleus of, 24 

 nutrition of, 31, 34 

 pathogenic, 20 

 poisons of, 60, 61, 68 

 in putrefaction, 34 



Bacteria, relation of, to disease, 



58 



reproduction of, 26 

 resistance of body to, 59, 



63 to 70, 78 

 size of, 25 

 specificity of, 60 

 spores of, 29 

 staining of, 38 

 toxins of, 61, 67, 68 

 transmission of, 62 

 vegetating, 46 

 wall of, 23 

 Bacteriacese, 21, 222 

 Bactericide, 222 

 Bacteriemia, 60 

 Bacterin treatment, 66, 82 

 Bacterins, 83, 222 

 Bacteriology, 17, 222 

 Bacteriolysin, 69, 222 

 Bacterium aerogenes capsu- 



latus, 176 

 anthracis, 158. See Anthrax 



bacillus, 

 bulgaricum, 175, 176, 



196 



diphtherise, 98. See Diph- 

 theria bacillus, 

 influenza, 118. See In- 

 fluenza bacillus, 

 lactis aerogenes, 196 

 lepra), 151. See Leprosy 



bacillus, 

 of malignant edema, 



176 

 mallei, 155. See Glanders 



bacillus, 

 ozsense, 173 

 pneumonias, 172. See 



Friedlander's bacillus, 

 tuberculosis, 138. See 



Tubercle bacillus. 

 Balantidium coli, 200 

 Beri-beri, 220 



Bichloride of mercury, 49, 53 

 Blastomycetes, 21, 180 

 diagnosis of, 187 

 disinfection during attack, 



182 



transmission of, 181 

 Blood culture technique, 74 

 Boiling for sterilization, 46 



