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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 



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



XII. The microbe of pneuraouia ... ... ... ... 229 



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



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



XV. The microbes of pus, septicemia, etc. ... ... 284 



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



XVU. The mode of action of pathogenic microbes : ptomaines 237 



CHAPTEE VI. 



Protection against Miobobes ... ... ... ... 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 illter ... ... ... ... ... 245 



CHAPTEE VII. 



Labohatoby Eeseakch, and Cultdhe of Miokobes ... 258 



CHAPTER VIII. 



POLYMOEPHISM Or MiOROBES ... ... „. ... 272 



CHAPTEE IX. 



CONOLDSION ... ... ... ... ... .,. 285 



The Microbiau Tlieory compared with other Theories set forth to 



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



APPENDIX. 



A. Terminology of Microbes ... ... ,„ ... goi 



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



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



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



B. Cesspools. System of conveying everything to the sewers 306 



F. Sewers of Paris and the Plain of Gennevilliers ... 307 



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



H. Ptomaines of fish ... ... .,. ,„ 308 



Index 309 



