CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND TECHNIQUE. 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION 15 



CHAPTER I. CLASSIFICATION, STRUCTURE, AND REPRODUCTION. 17 

 II. ORIGIN, LIFE, GROWTH, AND PROPERTIES .... 23 



" HI. METHODS OF EXAMINATION 26 



" IV. STAINING OF BACTERIA 30 



V, GENERAL METHOD OF STAINING SPECIMENS ... 35 



" VI. SPECIAL METHODS OF STAINING 39 



" VII. METHODS OF CULTURE 42 



" VIIL NUTRIENT MEDIA 48 



" IX.- -SOLID TRANSPARENT MEDIA 52 



" X. INOCULATION OF GELATINE AND AGAR 60 



" XL GROWTH AND APPEARANCES OF COLONIES ... 64 



" XII. CULTIVATION OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA 67 



" XIII. INFECTION 70 



" XIV. IMMUNITY 72 



" XV. ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS 76 



PART II. 

 SPECIAL BACTERIOLOGY. 



CHAPTER I. NON-PATHOGENIC BACTERIA .... ..... 80 



Bacillus Prodigiosus ................. 80 



Indicus .......... 



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