INDEX. 



345 



Bacillus phosphorescens Indicus, 223 

 pneumoniae, Friedlander, 235, 



prodigiosus, 222 



proteus, 139, 235, 262 



pseudodiphtherise, 281 



pyocyaneus, 260 



pyogenes foetidus, 235, 310 



ramosus, 224 



subtilis, 224 



tetani, 84, 122, 269 



tuberculosis, 84, 150, 152, 286 

 in milk,. 137, 138 

 staining of, 32, 42, 138, 286 



typhi abdominalis (Bacillus ty- 

 phosus), 126, 131, 133, 134, 

 301 



vaginalis, 142 



violaceus, 222 

 Bacteria, acid-proof, 32, 35, 138, 143 



aerobic, 116 



anaerobic, 116 



cultivation of, 79 



chlorophyll, relation to, i, 115, 

 121, 146 



chromogenic, 117 



classification, 106 



cultivation of, 72 



definition, 3 



diseases caused by, 148 



distribution, 4, 122 



examination with the microscope, 

 18 



ferments formed by, 117 



fluorescent, 117, 221, 262 



forms of, 106, 107 



higher, 107, 228 



in disease, 146 



influence of electricity, ii5 

 of oxygen, 115 

 of sunlight, 116 



microscopic examination, 18 



motility, 113 



multiplication, in 



non-pathogenic, no 



number of species, 221 



nutrition of, 115 



of air, 124, 152 



of foods, 153 



of ice, 125, 133 



of milk, 133, 153 



of soil, 122, 153 



of the alimentary canal, 143 



of the cranial sinuses, 140 



of the gall-bladder, 140, 308, 313 



Bacteria of the intestines, 143, 144 

 of the mouth, 141, 226, 229, 251, 



259 



of the nasal cavity, 141, 260 



of the normal human body, 140 



of the skin, 140 



of the stomach, 143 



of the urethra, 142 



of the vagina, 142 



of water, 125, 153 



pathogenic, no, 233 



phosphorescent, 117 



products of growth, 117, 135, 139, 

 161 



pyogenic, 234 



size, 4, no 



staining, 27, 28 



• in tissues, 36, 39 



transmission of specimens by 

 mail, 100 



vegetative forms, in 

 -Bacterial poisons, 161 

 in meat, 161 

 in cheese, 161 



products, 117, 13s, 139, 161 

 Bacteriolysis, 166, 182, 191 

 Bacterium coli commune, 134, 135, 

 139,145, 2S9, 310, 313 



definition, 109 



syncyanum, 225 



termo, 121, 263 



ureae, 226 



Zopfii, 226 

 Bail, 181 



Balsam, Canada, 26, 29, 40 

 Basic aniline dyes, 28 

 Basophilic granules, 40, 43 

 Beef-tea, 59 

 Beggiatoa, 228 

 Beri-beri, 148 

 Berkefeld filter, 57 

 Bichloride of mercury (see Mercury, 



bichloride) 

 Biedert's method for examining spu- 

 tum, 36 

 Birds, tuberculosis of, 294 

 Bismarck brown, 28, 30 

 Black death, 266 



-leg, 172 

 Blastomycetic dermatitis, 232 

 Blood-agar, 69, 276 

 Blood, cultures from, 98 



-poisoning, 237 



-serum-agar, 67 



germicidal power, 162 



