INDEX 



317 



insects and, 239, 246; milk and, 

 232, 253; mosquitoes and, 239; 

 prevention of, 237-268 



Distribution of yeasts, 74 



Dried fish, 163 



Dried fruit, 164, 165 



Dried milk, 163 



Dried yeast, 99 



Drinks, fermented, 89, 113-117 



Drying, preservation by, 159-166 



Eggs, preservation of, 220 

 Elmunation of disease germs, 239 

 Erysipelas, cocci of, 263 



Fats and bacteria, 142 



Favus, 72, 263 



Fermentation, alcoholic, 74, 75, 82, 

 88; Liebig and, 12; Pasteur and, 

 1 1 ; yeasts and, 74 



Fermented drinks, 89, 113-117 



Filtering of drinking water, 249 



Fish, dried, 163 



Fission fungi, 124 



Flagella, bacteria and, 121 



Flavors, food, bacteria and, T49 



Fleas, bubonic plague and, 246 



Flies, typhoid fever and, 246 



Food, bacteria in, 136, 203-227; 

 bacterial poisons in, 224, 227; 

 efiEect of bacterial growth upon, 

 144 ; effect of bacterial growth on 

 wholesomenessof, 22r; encourag- 

 ing growth of bacteria in, 222; 

 freshness of, 158; preservation 

 of, 22, 157-202; protection from 

 molds, 44; ruined by bacteria, 

 ^02; uncooked, bacteria in, 259 



Food flavors, bacteria and, 149 



Formalin, 178; as disinfectant, 288 



Fracastorio, 6 



Fruit, canning of, 199 ; decay of, 58 ; 

 dried, 164, 165; mold and, 54; 

 protection from decay, 62 



Fruit jar, 197 



Fruit tree, diseases of, 67 



Fruiting of mold, 37-41 



Fungi, 30; budding of, 79; fis- 

 sion, 124; peaches, mummified 

 by, 67 



Garbage, 153 



Germ theory of disease, 6 



Germicide, 283 



Germs, disease, 140; elimination 



of, 239 ; how carried, 245 

 Gorgonzola cheese, molds and, 49, 



SI. 70 

 Grading of milk, 208 

 Grapes, canning of, 89, 199 

 Grocery milk, 207 



Ham, 162 



Heat, for preservation, 176, 190; 

 preservation of milk by, 213 



Ice and distribution of disease, 251 

 Ice chest, 171 

 Ice-cream poisoning, 225 

 Immunity, 276 ; Pasteur and, 16 

 Importance of microorganisms, dis- 

 covery of, 11-20 

 Infantile paralysis, 261 

 Infected articles, treatment of, 271 

 Insects, disease distribution and, 



239, 246 ; malaria and, 246 

 Isolation, 269 



Jar, fruit, 197 



Jelly, protection from microSrgan- 



isms, 45 

 Jenner, vaccination and, 14 



Koch, Robert, 19 

 Kumiss, 117 



Lactic-acid bacteria, 205 



Leather, mildew on, 48 



Leaven, 3, 91 



Leeuwenhoek, discovery of micro- 

 organisms by, 4 



Liebig, fermentation and, 12 ; Pas- 

 teur and, 12 



Life, origin of, 6-10 



Limburger cheese, 149 



Lockjaw (tetanus), 264 



Low temperatures, preservation by, 

 166-176 



Malaria, 239; insects and, 246; 

 mosquitoes and, 242, 243 



