INDEX. 
Marchand’s capsule bacillus, 561 
Marjoram, antiseptic power of, 203 
Marmier’s experiments on the toxin of 
anthrax, 430 
Marpmann’s method for the detection of 
pathogenic bacteria in water, 640 
Marsh gas, a bacterial product, 141 
Mastitis in cows, micrococcus of, 417 
streptococci of, varieties of a 
single species, 419 
gangrenous, in sheep, micrococcus 
of, 416 
Matico, antiseptic power of, 203 
Mauseseptikimiedhnlicher bacillus (Bis- 
enberg), 515 
Measles, second attacks of, 243- 
Meat, infusions as culture media, 40 
Meats, bacteria in, 670 
Meatus urinarius of man, bacteria in, 
654 
Meconium, free from bacteria, 660 
Media, liquid, cultures in, 62 
characters of growth in, 64 
solid, cultures in, 69 
Mediterranean fever, micrococcus of, 420 
Melons, bacterial diseases of, 576 
Merchandise, disinfection of, 214 
Mercuric chloride action of, on anthrax 
spores, 587 
action of, on bacillus tubercu- 
losis, 478 
action of, on micrococcus pneu- 
moniz croupose, 405 
as a disinfectant, 212, 213 
as an antiseptic, 190 
cyanide as a disinfectant, 192 
iodide as an antiseptic, 192 
Merismopedia, general characters of, 17 
grouping of, in tetrads, 22 
Mesenteric glands, cultures of typhoid 
bacilli obtained from, 433, 436 
Metachromatic granules, 118 
Metacresol, germicidal power of, 202 
Methane, influence of, on bacterial 
growth, 175 
Methylamine, 147, 323 
Methylene blue as a stain, 25, 27 
Methyl-guanidin, 148 
Metschnikoff’s theory of phagocytosis, 
208, 256 
693 
Mice, subcutaneous injection of, 99 
field, immune to mouse septicemia, 
515 ; 
Mereshkowsky’s suggested meth- 
od of destroying, 567 
Microbe du cholera des poules (Pasteur), 
499 
du pus bleu, 542 
Micrococci, general characters, 17 
infrequent in the soil, 645 
list of species found in the soil 
(Fulles), 646 
non-pathogenic, list of species found 
in water, 638 
pathogenic, list of species found in 
water, 638 
Micrococcus askoformans (Johne), 412 
of Biskra button, 415 
bothryogenus (Rabe), 412 
of bovine mastitis, 414 
pneumonia, 414 
endocarditidis rugatus (Weichsel- 
baum), 416 
of erysipelas (Fehleisen), 382 
of fowl cholera, thermal death-point 
of, 156 
of gangrenous mastitis in sheep, 416 
gonorrheeal, 391 
growth of, in acid media, 393 
thermal death-point of, 156 
of Heydenreich, 415 
of Manfredi, 413 
melitensis, 420 
of myko-dermoids of the horse, 412 
ovatus, 415 
Pasteuri (Sternberg), 339, 398 
discovery of, 7, 339, 398 
found in the mouth, 652 
thermal death-point of, 155 
pneumonie croupose, 339, 398 
croupose, biological characters 
of, 403 , 
croupose, capsule of, 402 
croupose, discovery of, 7 
croupose, morphology of, 402 
croupose, pathogenesis, 400 
croupose, thermal death-point 
of, 404 
croupose, Belfonti’s 
ments on, 341 
experi- 
