INDEX 



527 



Limosus, B., 456 



Lintrathen, Loch of, bacteria in, 111, 



112 

 Liodermos, B., 460 

 LiquefacienSi B,^ 461 

 Liquidus, B., 461 

 LitoraliSi B., 455 

 Litoralis, Sarcina, 507 

 Loch Katrine, bacteria in, 110 

 multipHcation of bacteria in 



water from, 230 

 Loch of Lintrathen, bacteria in, 



111, 112 

 Lockjaw (see Tetanus) 

 London water supply, 119-142 

 monthly reports on, 121- 



123 

 Lucerne, Lake of, bacteria in, 110 

 Liitea, Sarcina, 506 

 Lutetcm, B., A^^Al 

 Luteus, M., 499 

 Luteus^ Diplococciis, 509 



Magenta stain for bacteria, 44 

 Magnesium oxide, agitation of 



water with, 200 

 Main river, bacteria in, 98 

 Malaria microbes and high tempe- 

 rature, 184 

 Mallei B., vitality in water of, 325 

 — growth on potatoes of, 24 

 Marburg well-water, bacteria in, 



104 

 Marinum, Spirillum, 407 

 Marmot and cholera inoculations, 



282, 399 

 Marne, river, bacteria in, 91 



multiplication of, 226 



Marsh-water, descriptions of bac- 

 teria isolated from, 448, 464, 

 465 

 Massachusetts Board of Health, 

 sewage purification experiments, 

 159-167, 205-216 

 Megaterium, B., 418 

 Memhranaceus amethystinus, B., 



474 

 Merrimac river, bacteria in, 164 

 Mesentericus fuscus, B., 463 

 Mesentericus ruber, B., 462 

 Mesentericus vulgatus, B:, 463 

 Methyl violet, 44 

 Methylene blue solution, 44 

 Loffler's alkaline, 45 



Micrococci, action of light on, 337 



— which liquefy gelatine, 398 

 do not liquefy gelatine, 398 



— found in water, 489-509 



— pathogenic, found in water, 

 398 



Milk, sterilisation of, 3, 25 



— filtration of, 5 



— growth of B. typhosus and coli 

 communis in, 269 



Milk-serum, 5 



— gelatinised, 13 



Miquel's method of water exami- 

 nation, 73-76 



Mirabilis, Streptococcus, 508 



Missouri river, sediment in, 189, 

 190 



Mordant used in staining flagella, 

 55 



' MoscJiuspilz; 519, 520 



Mud, sea, bacteria in, 114, 115 



Multipediculosus, B., 485 



Multiplication of micro-organisms, 

 103, 234, 235, 217-256 



water organisms in presence 



of typhoid bacillus, 294 



cholera bacil- 

 lus, 301 



Murisepticus, B., 428 



vitality of, in water, 323 



— and septicaemia, 258 



Musco'ides, B., 484 



Mycoides, B., 419 



Naegeli, culture solution, 26 

 Naples, Gulf of, bacteria in, 112- 



114 

 Neva, river, bacteria in, 99 

 New Eiver Company's filter-beds, 



bacterial examination of, 139, 140 



reservoirs, 188, 189 



Nitrifying organisms, 233 

 Nubilus, B., 460 



Ochraceus, B., 445 



' Orange-red ' Water bacillus, 445 



Ouroq canal water, bacteria in, 91 



~ multipHcation of, 226 



Ouse, river, bacteria in, 100 



chemical analysis of water of, 



118 

 O^one, action of, on bacteria in 



water, 242 



