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Chapter XVII. BACiixACEiE: The Spokcgenic Aerobes 



Bacillus mycoides, 279 ; Bacillus vulgatus, 279 ; Bacillus subtilis, 280 ; Parasitism 

 280; Bacillus anthiacis, 281; Occurrence, 281; Morphology, 282; Resistance 

 283; Anthrax, 283; Human anthrax, 284; Immunity, 284; Serum, 285. 



Chapter XVIII. Bacillace^: The Sporogenic Anaerobes 



Group characters and habitat, 286 ; Clostridium edematis, 275 ; Putrefactive prop- 

 erties, 287; Malignant edema, 287; Clostridium feseri, 287; Clostridium per- 

 fringens, 287; Occurrence, 287; Characters, 288; Emphysematous gangrene, 

 289; Clostridium tetani, 290 ; Occurrence, 290; Morphology, 290; Cultures, 290; 

 Toxin, 291; Tetanus, 291; Immunity, 292; Antitoxin, 293; Standard unit, 293, 

 Prophylaxis and treatment, 295; Clostriditmi botulinum, 295; Botulin, 296; 

 Immune serum, 296; Botulism, 296. 



Chapter XIX. MvcoBACTERiACEiE: The Bacillus of Diphtheria 



AND OTHER SPECIFIC BaCILLI PARASITIC ON SUPERFICIAL MuCOUS 



Membranes 



Bacillus diphtheria, 298; Occurrence, 298; Culture, 298; Toxin, 301; Diphtheria, 

 302; Bacteriological diagnosis, 303; Transmission of the disease, 305; Immu- 

 nity, 305; Antitoxin, 306; Standard unit of antitoxin, 307; Prophylactic and 

 therapeutic use of antitoxic serum, 308; Untoward effects, 308; Schick reaction, 

 309; Bacillus xerosis, 309; Bacillus hoffmanni, 309; Morax-Axenfeld bacillus, 

 309 ; Koch-Weeks bacillus, 309 ; Bacillus pertussis, 309 ; Bacillus influenzae, 

 311 ; Bacillus chancri, 312. 



Chapter XX. MycobacteriacejE: The Tubercle Bacillus and 

 Other Acid-proof Bacteria 



Bacillus tuberculosis, 313; Human type, 314; Occurrence, 314; Morphology, 3r4; 

 Cultures, 315; Chemical composition, 316; Toxins, 317; Resistance, 318; Tuber- 

 culin, 318; Animal inoculation, 319; Tuberculosis, 319; The tubercle, 320; 

 Mode of transmission, 321; Bacteriological diagnosis, 321; Allergic reactions, 

 322; Bovine type, 324; Avian type, 325; Fish or amphibian type, 326; Bac- 

 illus leprae, 326; Morphology and occurrence, 326; Leprosy, 326; Bacillus 

 smegmatis, 327; Bacillus moelleri, 327; Other acid-proof organisms, 328; 

 Pseudo-bacilli, 328. 



Chapter XXI. Bacteriace^: The Bacteria of the Hemor- 

 rhagic Septicemias, of Plague and of Malta Fever 



Bacillus avisepticus, 329 ; Bacillus plmisepticus, 330 ; Bacillus pestis, 330 ; Occur- 

 rence and morphology, 331; Cultures, 331; Toxins, 331; Animal inoculation, 

 332; Bubonic plague, 332; Epizootic plague, 333; Human plague, 333; Immu- 



