CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



INTRODUCTION 1 



I. THE NATURE, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTIONS 

 OF THE BACTERIA: THEIR CLASSIFICATION, 

 GENERAL BIOLOGY, AND CHEMISTRY BAC- 

 TERIA AND DISEASE 8 



II. METHODS OF CULTIVATING AND ISOLATING 



ORGANISMS 44 



III. THE PREPARATION OF TISSUES AND ORGANISMS 



FOR STAINING AND MOUNTING STAINING AND 

 STAINING METHODS 86 



IV. METHODS OF INVESTIGATING MICROBIAL DIS- 



EASESTHE INOCULATION AND DISSECTION 

 OF ANIMALS HANGING-DROP CULTIVATION 

 INTERLAMELLAR FILMS THE MICROSCOPE 1 1 ; 



V. INFECTION VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL PARA- 

 SITESTHE INFECTIVE PROCESS ANTI- BODIES 

 ANTI-SERA AND ANTITOXINS IMMUNITY 

 OPSONINS 144 



VI. SUPPURATION AND SEPTIC CONDITIONS 223 



VII. ANTHRAX 251 



VIII. DIPHTHERIA 265 



Diphtheria in England The Diphtheria Bacillus The 

 Pseudo- Diphtheria Bacillus Clinical Diagnosis The 

 Xerosis Bacillus Diphtheritic Affections of Birds and 

 Animals 



IX. " ACID-FAST " BACILLI TUBERCULOSIS LEP- 

 ROSY THE SMEGMA BACILLUS GLANDERS 299 



X. TYPHOID FEVER PARA - TYPHOID FEVER 

 BACILLUS ENTERITIDIS AND THE GART- 

 NER GROUP SWINE FEVER BACILLUS DYSEN- 

 TERICBACILLUS COLI 351 



XI. BUBONIC PLAGUE CHICKEN CHOLERA MOUSE 



SEPTICAEMIA 391 



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