CONTENTS 



SECTION I 



THE GENERAL BIOLOGY OF BACTERIA AND THE 

 TECHNIQUE OF BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDY 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. The Development and Scope of Bacteriology 1 



II General Morphology, Repkoduction, and Chemical and 



Physical Properties op the Bacteria 9 



II. The Relation op Bacteria to Environment, and Their 



Classification 25 



IV. The Biological Activities of Bacteria 40 



V. The Destruction op Bacteria 62 



VI. Methods Used in the Microscopic Study and Staining op 



Bacteria . . 93 



VII. The Preparation of Cui/ture Media 113 



VIII. Methods Used in the Cultivation of Bacteria . ... 141 



IX Methods Determining Biological Activities op Bacteria . 164 

 X. The Bacteriological Examination op Material from 



Patients 174 



SECTION II 



INFECTION AND IMMUNITY 



CHAPTER PAtiB 



XI. Fundamental Factors op Pathogenicity and Infection . . 181 



XII. Defensive Factors of the Animal Organism 189 



XIII. Toxins and Antitoxins . . 203 



XIV. Production and Testing of Antitoxins .... . . 216 



XV. Lysins, Agglutinins, Precipitins, and Other Antibodies , 224 



XVI. The Technique op Serum Reactions 249 



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