INDEX. 



461 



Ray-fungus of actinomycosis, in pus 

 formation, 284 

 morphology, cultural character 

 and pathogenesis, 366 

 Reactions of culture-media, correction 

 of, 68 

 methods of determining, 65 

 optimum, 67, 127 

 Reactivated blood-serum, 195; 222 

 Receptor, antitoxin, definition, 218 

 first order, 221 

 second order, 221 

 third order, 223 

 Recovery from infectious disease, 

 agents concerned in, 184 

 influence on immunity, igg, 212 

 Regulators, gas, Reichart's, 84 

 Roux, 85 



electric, Roger's, 87 

 Relapsing fever, spirillum (see Spiril- 

 lum obermeieri) 

 Rennet-like bacterial ferments, 129 

 Rheumatism, microorganism doubt- 

 ful, 170 

 M. rheumaticus, pyogenic cocci 

 in, 290 

 Rhinoscleroma, bacillus, 316 

 Ricin, analogy with bacterial toxins, 



189 

 Ripening of cream, 151 

 Robin, analogy with bacterial toxins, 

 189 

 production of antitoxin with, 

 209 

 Roll-tubes of Esmarch, 99 

 Rooms, disinfection with formalin, 253 



with sulphur dioxid, 254 

 Rontgen-rays, influence of, on bac- 

 teria, 247 

 Root-tubercle organisms, on legumin- 

 ous plants, organisms of, 136 

 Rosolic acid, (see Acid, rosolic) 

 Rouget, 202 



Rubber caps for culture-tubes, 86 

 for use at autopsies, no 

 at surgical operations, 265 

 gloves, 212 

 stoppers for culture-tubes, 86 



Sabouraud's culture-medium for fungi, 



76 

 Saccharomyces cerevisise, 278 

 Saccharose, agar, 71 



bouillon, 67 

 Salt-agar, 264 



Sanarelli's bacillus of yellow fever 



(see Bacillus icteroides) 

 Sand filtration of water, 140 

 Sapremia, 184 

 Saprophyte, definition, 167 

 Sarcina, definition of, 119 

 pulmonum, 268 

 ventriculi, 268 

 in healthy stomachs, 164 

 morphology, cultural characters, 

 268 

 Sarcoma, toxins of streptococcus for, 

 299 

 complicated with diphtheriae, 345 

 microorganism of, not discovered, 



170 

 streptococcus in, 297 

 Scarlet fever, 170 

 Schizomycetes, definition, 4 

 Schultz's method for neutralizing 



culture-media, 65 

 Schweinerothlauf, vaccine for, 202 

 Scrofula, 358 



Sealing culture-tubes for anaerobic 

 cultures, 91 

 to prevent drying out of culture 

 medium, 86 

 Secondary infection, 183 

 definition of, 183 

 due to S. pyogenes, 287 

 Section-cutting, 40 

 Sections, stained with carmine, 45 

 staining bacteria in, 41 

 Gram's method, 42 

 hematoxylin, 44 

 tubercle bacilli, 43 

 Weigert method, 42 

 Sedgwick's test for germicides, 244 

 Sedgwick-Tucker aerobioscope, 138 

 Self-purification of water, 139 

 Semen, transmission bacteria by, 172 

 Semmelweis, demonstration of infec- 

 tious nature of puerperal fever, 

 II 

 Separator for milk, influence on num- 

 ber of bacteria, 154 

 Septicemia, 184 

 Serum (see Blood-serum) 



test for typhoid fever, value of, 



193 

 method employed in, 376 

 Shiga's bacillus of dysentery (see 



Bacillus dysenteria;) 

 Side-chain theory of immunity, 218 

 Silk threads in testing germicides, 243 



