CONTENTS. 



PARTIAL LIST OF TEXT AND REFERENCE BOOKS.— APPA- 

 RATUS AND MATERIAL.— LABORATORY MAXIMS. 



Exercises. 

 I. 



n. 



III. 



IV. 



V. 



VI. 



VII. 



VIII. 

 IX. 



X. 



XI. 



XII. 



XIII. 



XIV. 



XV. 



XVI. 



XVII. 



XVIII. 



XIX. 



XX. 



XXI. 



XXII. 



XXIII. 



XXIV. 



XXV. 



XXVI. 



XXVII. 



XXVIII. 



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Cleaning glassware ii 



Plugging test tubes and flasks and sterilizing tie 



glassware 13 



The preparation of bouillon 14 



The preparation of agar and gelatin 17 



Inoculating tubes of bouillon, agar and gelatin 20 



The examination of cultures 22 



Making and staining cover-glass preparations and 



formula; for staining solutions 25 



Making plate and Esmarch roll cultures 29 



The examination of plate cultures and making sub- 

 cultures from colonies 32 



The preparation of certain special media 34 



Inoculating special media and examining cultures 37 



The examination of cultures on special media 38 



The examination of cultures continued 40 



The classification of bacteria 41 



Identifying genera among bacteria 43 



Studying the morphology of bacteria 44 



Studying and staining spores 45 



Staining the flagella on motile bacteria 46 



Staining tubercle bacteria (bacilli) 49 



Making cultures of anaerobic bacteria 51 



Examination of anaerobic bacteria 52 



Study of the gas production by bacteria 53 



Identifying genera of bacteria and obtaining pure 



cultures from colonies 55 



Cleaning used culture tubes, flasks, and Petri dishes_ 56 



Preparation of glassware for culture media 56 



Preparation of culture media 57 



Astudyof certain pyogenic bacteria 58 



Pyogenic bacteria (continued) 58 



