CONTENTS 



PART I 

 BACTERIOLOGY 



Section I 

 APPARATUS AND PROCESSES 



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THE BACTERIOLOGICAL MICROSCOPE I 



STERILIZATION OF APPARATUS, ETC. 5 



PREPARATION OF CULTURE MEDIA 9 



INOCULATION OF CULTURE MEDIA 1 6 



INCUBATION OF CULTURES 18 



METHOD OF EXAMINING CULTURES 2 2 



gram's method of STAINING- 24 



EXAMINATION OF FILMS USE OF MICROSCOPE 27 



STAINS - - 28 



CLEANING SLIDES AND COVER-GLASSES 31 



PIPETTES 32 



Section II 



DIAGNOSIS OF CERTAIN DISEASES 



diphtheria 37 



tetanus 45 



the pneumococcus, pneumonia, etc. 49 



influenza 52 . 



anthrax - 54 



tubercle 59 



LEPROSY 65 



ACTINOMYCOSIS, OR STREPTOTHRICOSIS 65 



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