INDEX 



235 



Sporozoa, 21, 200, 208 

 Sputum, collection of, 72 



sterilization of, 54, 143, 146 

 tuberculous, collection and 

 sterilization of, 55, 143 

 Staining, 38, 41 

 Staphylococci, 26, 80, 226 

 Staphylococcus epidermidis 



albus, 75, 82 

 pyogenes albus, 82 

 aureus, 80 



discovery of, 85 

 diseases produced 



by, 82 



general descrip- 

 tion of, 81 

 resistance of, to 

 heat and chemi- 

 cals, 81 

 Steam sterilization, 44, 46, 47 



sterilizer, 44, 46, 47 

 Stegomyia calopus, 217 

 Sterilization, 42 to 47, 48 to 



57, 226 

 of dejecta, 54 

 of fabrics, 54 

 of glassware, 42 

 hot air, 47 

 incomplete, 48 

 of sputum, 54, 55, 143, 146 

 of utensils, 54 

 of water-closets, 55 

 Strain, 226 

 Streptococci, 26, 61, 80, 90, 



196, 226 



Streptococcus pyogenes, 83 

 discovery of, 85 

 diseases due to, 84, 85 

 general description of, 



84 



rheumaticus, 219 

 Streptothrix actinomyces, 161. 



See Actinomycosis. 

 general description of, 



162 

 pathogenic powers of, 



161, 163 

 poisons, 161 

 relation to actinomy- 



cosis, 161 



resistance of, to heat 

 and chemicals, 163 



Sulphur dioxide, 50, 51 



Sunlight, 57 



Syphilis, 147 to 151 

 antibodies in, 149 

 diagnosis of, 149, 151 

 forms of, 148 

 skin reaction in, 151 

 transmission of, 147 

 Wassermann blood reaction 

 in, 149 



TECHNIQUE, 37 

 Temperature optimum, 45 

 Tetanus, 105 



antitoxin, 108 



administration of, 108 

 unit of, 108 

 bacillus, 65, 105 

 antitoxin, 108 

 effect of anaerobic life, 



106 

 general description of, 



106 

 pathogenic powers of, 



105 

 relation of, to tetanus, 



105 



resistance of, to heat, 

 and chemicals, 107 

 in soil, 191 

 spores of, 106 

 toxins of, 61, 108 

 bacteriological diagnosis of, 



106 

 disinfection during attack, 



106 



Thallophyta, 21 

 Thermometer scales, 47 

 Thrush, 186 

 Tinea circinata, 186. See 



Ringworm. 



sycosis, 186. See Ring- 

 worm. 



tonsurans, 186 See Ring- 

 worm. 

 Toxins, bacterial, 60, 61, 67, 68, 



226 



extracellular, 61 

 intracellular, 61, 67 



