VIU CONTENTS 



PAQE 



Practical disinfection— Disinfection of rooms— Disinfection by 

 sulphur, chlorine, heat, steam, etc. — Immunity and suscepti- 

 bility — Hypothesis of immunity — The exhaustion of pabulum, 

 antidote or retention, and acquired tolerance hypotheses — 

 Antitoxin treatments — Putrefaction and oxidation 104-121 



OHAPTEE V. 



TTJBEBCTTLOSIS. 



The bacillus of tuberculosis: discovery and morphology of the 

 organism — Growth on artificial media — Bacteriological diag- 

 nosis — Staining of the bacilli in sputum and in sections — 

 Pastor's cultivation method— Number of bacilli in sputum — 

 Occurrence and distribution of tuberculosis— Besistance of the 

 bacilli to desiccation — Pathogenesis — Special regulations in 

 force in New York and Germany — Koch's tuberculin treat- 

 ment of consumption — Preparation of tuberculin — Practical 

 disinfection. 



lEPBOSY. 



Discovery and morphology of the organism — Staining in sections — 

 Distribution of the bacilli in the body — Growth on artificial 

 media — Conveyance of disease — Leprosy in India Commission 

 Beport — Occurrence and distribution — Pathogenesis — Preven- 

 tive measures. 



ANTHBAX. 



Discovery and morphology of the organism — Growth on media — 

 Staining of the baciUi — Besistance of the baciLh and spores 

 to external influences — Pathogenesis — ' Attenuation ' of the 

 organisms — Practical disinfection 122-139 



CHAPTEB VI. 



TYPHOID. 



Discovery and morphology of the organism — Method of staining — 

 Growth on media— Occurrence and distribution of enteric fever 

 — Conveyance of typhoid by water, milk, dust, sheU-fish, vege- 

 tables, etc. — Pathogenesis — The bacteriological diagnosis of 

 enteric fever — The_ serum treatment of typhoid — Loffler's and 

 Abel's researches on the immunising substance in blood serum 

 — Practical disinfection. 



DIPHTHERIA. 



Discovery and morphology of the organism — Growth on media — 

 Bacteriological diagnosis — Method of staining — Other organisms 

 accompanying diphtheria — Distribution and occurrence — 



