CURRENT LITERATURE 
BOOK REVIEWS 
Bacteriology, general and special 
Although bacteriology in the past decade or more has developed to such an 
instruction in the subject-matter relating to the activities of those organisms that 
are of especial moment to him; but in our larger universities the time is ripe for 
the presentation of the subject of bacteriology from the standpoint of the student 
of general science. A course of training in general bacteriology is as essential 
in supplementing a general course in biology as is general chemistry. ‘The works 
of De Bary and FiscHer served as a suitable foundation in their day for the 
treatment of bacteria from the biologic viewpoint, and there is great need that 
such works be brought down to date. 
Dr. JorDan, the author of a recent textbook of general bacteriology, has had 
an unusual opportunity, by training and position, to develop a strong course 10 
this subject; yet one cannot help feeling that even in a university atmosphere, 
* Jorpan, Epwin O., A textbook of general bacteriology. 8vo. PP» 557° Ass: 
163. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co. 1908. $3.00. 
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