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INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



Bacterial spores, 15 

 formation of, 15 

 germination of, 17 

 position of, 17 

 varieties of, 15 

 arthrospores, 16 

 true, or endospores, 16 

 vegetative forms from, 17 

 Bactericidal action of blood serum, 224 

 Bactericidal strengths of common dis- 

 infectants, 85 

 Bactericidal substances compared with 



agglutinins, 231 

 Bactericidal tests, 257 

 in test tube, 257 

 technique of, 258 

 for typhoid fever, 258 

 in vivo, 255-7 

 Bacteriemia, definition of, 184 

 Bacteriological examination of blood 

 cultures, 178 

 choice of media for, 179 

 results of, estimation of, 180 

 technique of obtaining material for, 

 178 

 from typhoid patients, 180 

 of exudates, 175 

 of feces, 176 



of material from patients, 174 

 technique of collecting, 174 

 of urine, 176 

 Bacteriology, development and scope of, 



1-8 

 Bacteriolysios, 200 



immune, 225 

 Bacteriolytic tests, 255 

 Pfeiffer's test in, 256 



determination of bacteriolytic power 

 of serum against a known micro- 

 organism in vivo by, 255 

 identification of microorganism in 

 known immune serum in vivo by, 

 257 

 Bacteriotropins, 282 

 Bacterium, 27 

 Bacterium tularense, 562 

 Bail, aggressin theory of, 292 

 opposition to, 294 



Barsiekow's medium for colon-typhoid 



differentiation, 139 

 Bauer's modification of Wassermann 



test for syphilis, 268 

 "BaziUenemulsion," 492 

 Beggiatoa, genus, 38 

 Beggiatoaceae, 38 

 Berkefeld filter, 120, 121 

 Bile medium for colon-typhoid differen- 

 tiation, 138 

 Bile-salt agar, MacConkey's, for colon- 

 typhoid differentiation, 138 

 Bitter milk, bacteria causing, 703 

 Black Death, 554 

 Bladder diseases due to colon bacillus, 



395 

 Blastomycetes. See Yeasts and Yeast 



cells 

 Blood, laked, 225 



the seat of immunizing agencies, 198 

 Blood corpuscles, red, in Ehrlich's the- 

 ory of lytic process in blood serum, 

 227 

 Blood cultures, bacteriological examina- 

 tion of, 178 

 results of, estimation of, 180 

 choice of media for, 179 

 technique of obtaining material for, 

 178 

 from typhoid patients, 180 

 Blood media, method of obtaining, 140 

 Blood serum, bactericidal action of, 224 

 Bordet's interpretation of Ijrtic proc- 

 esses of, 225 

 immune, 198 



reactivation of bactericidal power 



of, by normal serum, 225 

 reactivation of bacteriolytic powers 

 of, by normal serum, 226 

 lytic processes of, 224 

 normal, 198 



Bordet's lytic theory of constituents 

 of, 225 

 alexin in, 225 



"sensitizing substance" in, 225 

 obtaining of, from animals, 249 



from man, 249 

 reactions with. See Serum reactions 



