INDEX 



Abscess formation, 311 

 bacteria of, 312-313 



Acetous fermentation, 102 



Acid-fast bacteria, 358-369 

 classification of, 359 

 of human origin, 360 

 of butter and milk, 361 

 of grass and manure, 364 

 diferential diagnosis, 365 

 streptothrix, 367 



Actinomycosis, 321 



Aerobic organisms, 23 



Agar, 16 



Air, bacteriology of, 76-91 

 dust and bacteria, 76 

 examination of, 73-75 

 moisture and bacteria, 79 

 of sewers, 82 

 currents and bacteria, 84 

 expired, 79-81 

 of workshops, 85 

 bacteria and gravity, 83 

 of bakehouses, 86 

 standard of bacteria in, 79, 91 

 of railway tubes, 88, 90 

 pathogenic bacteria in, 91 

 of House of Commons, 88 

 passages, bacteria in, 80 



Alcohol, formation of, 96 



Alcoholic fermentation, 96 



Alexines, 412 



Alformant lamp for disinfection, 443 



Algae in water, 35 



Ammoniacal fermentation, 110 



Amylolytic ferments, 95 



Anaerobic organisms, 23 



methods of culture, 117-119 

 in hydrogen, 117 

 in glucose agar, 118 

 in Frankel's tube, 118 

 in Buchner's tube, 118 



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Andrewes on air of central railway tube, 



90 

 Aniline dyes, 455, 458 

 Antagonism of organisms, 30 

 Antibiosis, 29 

 Anthrax, 315-319 



clinical characters of, 315 



pathology of, 316 



spores of, 316 



bacillus of, 316 



in sewage, 177 



channels of infection, 317 

 Antiseptics, 433 



definition of, 433 



some of the chief, 439-444 

 Antitoxins, 405 



preparation of, 425 



use of, 429 



unit of, 428 



effect of, 430 

 Appendix on technique, 453 

 Arthrospores, 12, 13 

 Artificial purification of water, 64-70 

 Ascospores, 14, 98 

 Asiatic cholera, 384 

 Association of organisms, 29 

 Attenuation of virulence, 31 

 Autoclave, 25 



Bacillus, definition of, 88 

 aceti, 102 



acidi lactici, 105, 106, 196 

 anthraois, 316 

 aquatilis, 45 

 botulinus, 269 

 butyricus, 108-110 

 cwpillareus, 155 

 cloaccB fluoresceins, 155 

 colieommunis, 46-51, 56-60, 154, 466, 



477 

 tests for, 48-51, 466 



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