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VII. Typhoid fever and typhus ... ... ... 191 



VIII. The microbe of cholera ... ... 195 



IX. Eruptive fevers : scarlatina, small-pox, measles, etc. 209 



X. The microbes of croup and whooping-cough ... ... 215 



XL The microbes of phthisis and leprosy ... ... 223 



XII. The microbe of pneumonia ... ... ... ... 229 



XIII. Some other diseases due to microbes ... ... 230 



XIV. The microbe of erysipelas ... ... ... ... 232 



XV. The microbes of pus, septicemia, etc. ... ... 234 



XVI. The microbes of other diseases, due to wounds ... 236 



X.V1I. The mode of action of pathogenic microbes : ptomaines 237 



CHAPTER VI. 



PROTECTION AGAINST MICROBES ... ... ... ... 242 



I. Antiseptic treatment of wounds : Guerin's protective treat- 



' ment ; Lister's dressing ... ... ... ... 242 



II. Hygiene of drinking - water : water free from microbes ; 



Chamberland filter 245 



CHAPTER VI I. 



LABORATORY RESEARCH, AND CULTURE OP MICROBES ,,. 258 



CHAPTER VIII. 



POLYMORPHISM OF MICROBES ... ... ... ... 272 



CHAPTER IX. 



: rsiON ... ... ... ... ... ... 285 



The Microbian Theory compared with other Theories set forth to 



explain the Origin of Contagious Diseases ... ... 285 



APPENDIX. 



A. Terminology of Microbes ... ... ... ... 301 



B. Micrococcus of phosphorescence ... ... ... 304 



C. Diseases of plants caused by bacteria ... ... ... 305 



D. Ptomaine of the microbe of fowl cholera ... ... 306 



K. Cesspools. System of conveying everything to the sewer's 306 



F. Sewers of Paris and the Plain of G-ennevilliers ... 307 



G. Useful microbes ... ... ... ... ,.. 303 



II. Ptomaines of fish ... ... ... ... 308 



, 309 



