680 
Behring’s discovery of the immunization 
of large animals against tetanus, 356 
serum for tetanus, strength and doses 
of, 357 
standard of diphtheritic antitoxin, 
313 
Belfonti’s experiments on micrococcus 
pneumoniz croupose, 341 
Benzene, germicidal power of, 198 
Benzoic acid, antiseptic value of, 183 
Benzo-naphthol, no germicidal power, 
206 
Beta-naphthol, antiseptic power of, 206 
Binary division of bacteria, 120 
Biological classification of bacteria, 13 
Biskra button, micrococcus of, 415 
Bismarck brown as a stain, 25 
for staining anthrax bacilli, 424 
Blackleg, 347, 585 
Bladder, urinary, free from bacteria in 
health, 654 
Blood, alkalinity of, as affecting immu- 
nity, 236 
free from bacteria in health, 664 
germicidal power of, 286 
of typhoid patients does not yield 
cultures, 434 
serum as a culture medium, 37 
germicidal powers of, 208, 257 
immunizing value of, 313 
mixture, Léffler’s, 48 
solidification of, 57 
solidified, streak cultures on, 77 
sterilization of, 57 
Sternberg’s method of collect- 
ing, 38 
Blood serum as a medium of growth for: 
bacillus A of Booker, 555 
bacillus of acne contagiosa of 
horses, 557 
bacillus anthracis, 426 
bacillus coli communis, 531 
bacillus endocarditidis griseus, 
556 
bacillus enteritidis, 520 
bacillus erysipelatos suis, 513 
bacillus of Friedlander, 397 
bacillus hydrophilus fuscus, 523 
bacillus mallei, 491 
bacillus cedematis maligni, 582 
INDEX. 
Blood serum as a medium of growth for: 
bacillus pestis, 563 
bacillus of purpura hemorrhag- 
ica (Baves), 558 
bacillus of purpura hemorrhag- 
ica (Tizzoni and Giovannini), 
558 
bacillus of swine plague, Mar- 
seilles, 509 
bacillus tetani, 580 
bacillus tuberculosis, 474, 475 
bacillus typhi abdominalis, 439 
micrococcus gonorrhee, 393 
micrococcus Manfredi, 413 
proteus hominis capsulatus, 519 
proteus of Karlinski, 552 
proteus lethalis, 555 
proteus septicus, 554 
spirillum cholere asiatice, 596 
spirillum of Finkler and Prior, 
603 
Blucher’s apparatus for an atmosphere of 
hydrogen, 87 
Blue milk, 668 
rays of spectrum, germicidal power 
of, 161 
Bohn's thermo-regulator, 90 
Boiling in water, as a disinfectant, 212, 
213 
Booker’s bacillus B, probably identical 
with bacillus lactis aérogenes, 536 
Boracic acid, action of, on bacteria, 182 
Borden’s method of photographing by oil 
light, 111 
Bordoni-Uffreduzzi on the bacteria of the 
human skin, 648 
bacillus of, from the marrow of 
the bones of a leper, probably 
not identical with bacillus 
lepree, 487 
Boric acid, action of, on micrococcus 
pneumonie croupose, 405 
Botkin’s apparatus for an atmosphere of 
hydrogen, 87 
bacillus butyricus, 189 
Bougies of the Chamberland filter, 59, 
60 
Bouillon as a culture medium, 41 
for bacillus aérogenes capsula- 
tus, 589 
