692 
Kommabacillus der cholera asiatica, 593 
Kreibohm’s bacillus, 517 
Kruse’s modification of Koch’s plate 
method, 79 
Ktihne’s method of staining bacteria in 
tissues, 35 
silicate jelly, 47 
staining method for bacillus mallei, 
490 
Lactic acid, action of, on bacteria, 182 
Lactose-litmus-agar, 47 
Lactose and litmus for detecting typhoid 
bacilli, 445 
Lake water, number of bacteria in, 633 
Lancet-shaped micrococcus (Talamon), 
398 
Lanolin, antiseptic power of, 205 
Laundries, bacteria in wash-water from, 
649 
Lavender, antiseptic power of, 203 
Lead chloride as an antiseptic, 190 
nitrate as an antiseptic, 190 
Leprosy, bacillus of, 487 
Leptotrichez of Zopf, general characters, 
12, 19 
Leucocytes, protective against bacterial 
invasion, 239 
multiplication of gonococci in, 258 
Leuconostoc, general characters of, 17 
Liborius’ method of cultivating anaéro- 
bic bacteria, 85 
Light, attenuating influence of, 279 
influence of, on bacterial growth, 159 
action of, on bacillus tuberculosis, 
478 
for photomicrography, 107 
Linen underclothing, bacteria on, 649 
Liquefying bacteria, 16 
in stab cultures, 71 
Liquid media, cultures of anaérobic bac- 
teria in, 81 
Liquids, non-evolution of bacteria from 
the surface of, 614 
Lithium chloride as an antiseptic, 190 
Litmus, in culture media, 46, 64 
action of bacillus of hog cholera on, 
504, 509 
Liver, cultures of typhoid bacilli ob- 
tained from the, 483, 43 
INDEX. 
Lochial discharge, presence of bacteria 
in, 654 
Loffler’s aniline-blue solution, 29 
plood-serum mixture, 48 
culture medium for bacillus diph- 
therice, 454 
method of staining bacteria in tis- 
sues, 34 
of staining flagella, 32 
solution for staining anthrax bacilli, 
424 
for staining the typhoid bacil- 
lus, 437 
Loretin, disinfectant power of, 205 
Liibert’s researches on the action of anti- 
septic agents on staphylococcus pyo- 
genes aureus, 375 
Lustgarten’s bacillus, 494 
Lydton’s report on protective inocula- 
tions in Baden, 350 
Lymph, germicidal power of, 236 
Lysol, disinfectant power of, 205 
Mace, antiseptic power of, 203 
Maffucci’s conclusions on the tuberculo- 
sis of fowls, 484 
Maggiora’s researches on the bacteria of 
the soil, 644 
Magnesium light, in photomicrography, 
107 
Mail matter, disinfection of, 214 
Mal d’araignée, micrococcus of, 416 
Mal de pis, micrococcus of, 416 
Malic acid as a germicide, 183 
Malignant cedema, bacillus of, 580 
pustule in man, 422, 428 
Mallein, a glycerin extract from cultures 
of the bacillus of glanders, 318, 494 
as a test for glanders in horses, 321 
preparation of, in Pasteur’s labora- 
tory, 319 
Foth’s method of preparing, 320 
Malnutrition, influence of, on develop- 
ment of pus cocci, 224 
Malta fever, micrococcus of, 420 
Widal reaction in, 421 
Mammite contagieuse, micrococcus of, 
417 
Manganese protochlorite as an antiseptic, 
190 
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