INDEX 



Abrin, 169 



immunity against, 464, 469 

 Abscesses (v. also Suppuration) 



bacteria in, 174 



in dysentery, 540 

 Absolute alcohol, fixing by, 89 

 Acid-fast bacilli, 239, 252 



stain for, 100 



Acid formation, observation of, 44, 77 

 Acquired immunity in man, 456 



theories of, 490 

 Actinomyces, 15 



characters of, 287 



cultivation of, 292 



inoculation with, 296 



varieties of, 294 

 Actinoniycosis, 286 



anaerobic streptothrices in, 293 



diagnosis of, 296 



lesions in, 290 



origin of, 292 

 Active immunity, 458, 459 

 Aerobes, 17 



culture of, 57 



separation of, 51. 

 JUstivo-autumnal fevers, 529 

 Agar media (v. also Culture media), 35 



separation by, 55 

 Agglutinable substance, 486 

 Agglutination by sera, 485 



in relapsing fever, 442 



methods, 109 



of b. mallei, 282 



of b. typhosus, etc., 337 



of cholera vibrio, 412 



of m. melitensis, 450 



of plague bacillus, 437 



of red blood corpuscles, 481, 485 



theories regarding, 485 



38 593 



Agglutinins, primary (homologous), 



342 



secondary (heterologous), 342 

 Agglutinogen, 486 

 Agglutinoids, 486 

 Aggressins, 164 

 Air, bacteria in, 126 



examination of, for bacteria, 126 

 Albumose of anthrax, immunity by, 



312 

 Albumoses, 165 



in diphtheria, 363 



Alcohols, higher, fermentation of, 75 

 Aleppo boil, 568 

 Alexines, 478, 500 

 Amboceptors, 480, 491 

 Amoebic dysentery, 537 

 Amcebulse of malaria, 523 

 Anaerobes, 17 

 cultures of, 60 

 separation of, 57 

 toxins of, 60 



Anaerobic Esmarch's tubes, 60 

 Anaerobic fermentation tubes, 60 

 Anaerobic plate cultures, Bulloch's 



apparatus for, 58 

 Anaesthetic leprosy, 269 

 Aniline oil, dehydrating by, 93 



water, 98 



Aniline stains, list of, 94 

 Animals, autopsies on, 123 



inoculation of, 120 

 Anthrax, 300 

 anti-serum, 315 

 bacillus, 301 

 biology of, 304 

 cultivation of, 302 

 inoculation with, 308 

 toxins of, 312 



