GENERAL INDEX. 
CHORION Scheenleinii (favus 
fungus), 622 
Acids, effect of, on bacteria, 158 
formation of, from alcohol, 
 . ete., 83 
from carbohydrates, 80 
Aérobic bacteria, 141 © 
Agar, nutrient, 215 
characteristic of, 225 
Air, bacteriological examination 
of, 252 
Alexines, 120 
Ameba coli, 640 
dysenteriz, 640 
Ameoebe, occurrence of, in man, 
643 
Anaérobic iciéctn: 141 
culture methods for, 233 
Aniline dyes, 166 
water solution of fuchsin or 
gentian-violet, 202 
Animals, use of, for diagnostic 
and test purposes, 236 
Anthrax bacillus, 547 
biological characters, 551 
growth in media, 552 
identification of, 562_ 
infection, how caused, 559 
morpho of, 548 
occu in cattle 
and 
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pathogenesis, 554 
spore formation, 550 
infection, prophylaxis against, 
561 
in 
Antiseptic action, 151 
Antitoxins, absorption of, taken 
by the mouth, 115 
Antitoxins, effect of, how pro- 
duced, 363 
elimination of, by the body, 113 
nature of, 362 
results of, in treatment of diph- 
theria, 358 
stability of, in the serum, 113 
varieties of bacteria producing, 
in the body, 113 
Apparatus, sterilization of, 222 
Arnold steam sterilizer, 213 
Arthrospores, 46 
Attenuation, 151 
Autoclave, 214 
Auto-infection, 131 
Bg general characters of, 
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Bacillus aérogenes capsulatus, 545 
anthracis, 547 
symptomatici, 563 
biology, 564 
morphology, 563 
pathogenesis, 564 
coli communis, 444 
of Friedlinder, 458 
icteroides (yellow fever), 609 
of malignant cedema, 543 
mallei (of glanders), 598 
pestis bubonice (plague), 606 
proteus vulgaris, 539 
biological characters, 540 
morphology, 539 
pathogenesis, 541 
pyocyaneus, 535 
biology, 535 
morphology, 535 
pathogenesis, 536 
