BACTERIOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL. 



V. — Who is said to have been the first to suc- 

 cessfully demonstrate that the germs discovered 

 in the seventeenth century could produce dis- 

 eases ? 



VI. — Describe in detail one of the chief 

 points of discussion during the years that 

 elapsed between the discoveries mentioned and 

 their acceptance as disease germs. Tell of the 

 man who first threw a gleam of light on the 

 vexed question, of the means used, of others 

 who followed the same method of research, the 

 results gained. 



VII. — Mention some of the errors of early 

 students of bacteriology with regard to the 

 germ theory of disease. To whom do some 

 bacteriologists ascribe most credit for the firm 

 basis of this theory in the" present day ? 



VIII. — By whom and in what years were 

 antiseptics first used? In what class of cases 

 were they used? What were the first sub- 

 stances used? Are they still in use and are 

 they now considered valuable antiseptics ? 



IX. — By whom and in what year was it first 

 taught that bacterial invasion is the cause of 

 puerperal sepsis? What became of this 

 scientist? Who first taught the theory of 

 general sepsis ? 



X. — By whom was the germ of typhoid fever 

 discovered? In what year was the discovery 



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