TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Chapter I. Laboratory Rules 



Chapter II. Cleaning, Preparing, and Sterilizing Glassware 



Chapter III. Preparation of Culture Media . 

 Exercise i. Preparation of nutrient agar-agar 

 Exercise 2. Preparation of glucose-agar 

 Exercise 3. Preparation of peptone-gelatin 

 Exercise 4. Preparation of peptone-broth 

 Exercise 5. Preparation of potato 

 Exercise 6. Preparation of litmus milk 



Chapter IV. Preparation of Staining Solutions 



Chapter V. The Microscope .... 



Chapter VI. Collecting Bacteria from the Air . 



Chapter VII. Exercises on Infection and Sterilization 

 Exercise i . Phenomena of infection 

 Exercise 2. Phenomena of sterilization 

 Exercise 3. Phenomena of sterilization (continued) 



Chapter VIII. Study of Yeasts, Molds, and Torulse 

 Exercise i. Cultural studies 

 Exercise 2. Study of the germination of spores 



Chapter IX. Scheme for Routine Study of the Various 

 Groups of Organisms 



Chapter X. Method of Describing Cultures 



Chapter XI. Study of Certain Chromogenic Bacteria 



Exercise i. Cultural studies 



Exercise 2. Study of pigments . 



Chapter XII. The Pyogenic Group 

 Exercise i. Subgroup A 

 Exercise 2. Subgroup B 



II 

 II 

 19 

 23 



2S 



27 

 28 



3° 

 31 

 37 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 4S 



49 

 49 

 SI 



S3 



57 



69 



69 

 71 



73 



73 

 76 



