CONTENTS 



PART I 

 BACTERIOLOGY 



Section I 

 APPARATUS AND PROCESSES 



PAGE 



THE BACTERIOLOGICAL MICROSCOPE I 



STERILIZATION OF APPARATUS, ETC. - S 

 PREPARATION OF CULTURE MEDIA - 9 



INOCULATION OF CULTURE MEDIA 1 6 



INCUBATION OF CULTURES 1 9 



METHOD OF EXAMINING CULTURES 23 



gram's METHOD OF STAINING - • 25 



EXAMINATION OF FILMS USE OF MICROSCOPE 28 



STAINS - - 29 



CLEANING SLIDES AND COVER-GLASSES 32 



PIPETTES 33 



Section II 

 DIAGNOSIS OF CERTAIN DISEASES 



DIPHTHERIA 39 



TETANUS 47 



THE PNEUMOCOCCUS, PNEUMONIA, ETC. - S^ 



INFLUENZA 55 



ANTHRAX 58 



TUBERCLE 62 



LEPROSY 69 

 ACTINOMYCOSIS, OR STREPTOTHRICOSIS - 70 



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