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INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



Ammonia, 171 

 Amoeba, 160,* 161 



cultures of saprophytic, 421, 42^5 



in tropical dysentery, 12 



proteus, 420* 

 Amphitrichous bacteria, 154 

 Anaerobes, 173 



sporogenic, 286 

 Anaerobic bacteria, 173 



cultivation of, 96, r28, 134 

 Anaerobic cultures, 128, 134 



Buchner's method, 129, 130* 



combined hydrogen and pyrogallate 

 method, 132,* 133 



deep stab, 128 



fermentation tube, 129 



in eggs, 96 



in hydrogen, 130, 131* 



Novy's method, 126, 127,* 130, 

 131* 



reducing substances in, 134 



removal of oxygen, 129 



under paraffin, 134 



Veillon tube, 129 

 Anaphylaxis, 233, 308 

 Aniline dyes, 40 



disinfectant action of, 78 

 Aniline- water staining solutions, 41 

 Animalcules, 9 

 Animal experimentation, 135 



value of, 135 

 Animals, care of, 13s 



experimentation with, 135 



holding of, 136 



inoculation, 137 



observation of infected, 140 



post-mortem examination, 140 

 Anopheles mosquitoes, 441,* 442,* 447* 

 Anthrax, 10, 12, 28r, 283 



bacillus, 281* 



colony, 282* 



immunity, 284 



infection, 284 



intestinal, 284 



pulmonary, 284 



pustule, 284 



, Antharax, serum, 285 



vaccine, 284 

 Antiaggressins, 225 

 Antibacterial serum, 219, 220 

 Antibodies, 215, 225 



distribution of, 225 



source of, 225 

 Anticomplementary reaction, 384 

 Antiformin method, 50, 322 

 Antigen, 224, 235 



for Wassermann test, 384 

 Antimeningococcus serum, 263 

 Antipneumococcus serum, 268, 270 

 Antisepsis, 62, 78 

 Antiseptic surgery, 11 

 Antiseptics, 78 



testing of, 80 

 Antistreptococcus serum, 274 

 Antitoxic serum, 215 

 Antitoxin, diphtheria, 12, 215, 306^ 



concentration of, 306 



curative value of, 308 



preparation of, 306 



prophylactic value, 308 



standardization of, 307 

 Antitoxin, tetanus, 12, 215, 292 

 Antityphoid vaccination, 350 

 Apochromatic objectives, 16 

 Arnold steam sterilizer, 67,* 68* 

 Artificial culture, 170 

 Ascitic fluid, sterile, 99 



agar, loi 



collection of, 99 



with sterile tissue, roi 

 Ascomycetes, 143 

 Asiatic cholera, 360, 363 



carriers of, 366 



diagnosis, 365 



epidemics of, 363 



history of, 363 



prophylaxis, 366 



quarantine in, 366 



spirillum of, 360 



transmission of, 364 



vaccine for, 366 

 Aspergillosis,' 239 



