CONTENTS. ix 



APPLICATION OF THE METHODS OF 

 BACTERIOLOGY. DESCRIPTIONS 

 OF SOME OF THE MORE IM- 

 PORTANT SPECIES. 



PAGES 



CHAPTE-E XIV. 



To obtain material with which to begin work . . 209-212 



CHAPTER XV. 



Various experiments in sterilization, by steam and by 

 hot air ... . 213-217 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Suppuration — The staphylococcus pyogenes aureus — 

 Staphylococcus pyogenes albus and citreus — Streptococcus 

 pyogenes— Bacillus pyocyanus— General remarks . . 218-236 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Sputum septicaemia— Septicaemia caused by the micro- 

 coccus tetragenus — ^Tuberculosis 237-248 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Tuberculosis — Microscopic appearance of miliary tuber- 

 cles — Encapsulation of tuberculous foci — Diffuse caseation 

 — Cavity formation — Primaiy infection — Modes of infec- 

 tion — Location of the bacilli in the tissues — Staining pecu- 

 liarities of the bacillus tuberculosis — Organisms with which 

 the bacillus tuberculosis may be confounded — Points of 

 differentiation 249-268 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Glanders — Characteristics of the disease — Histological 

 structure of the glanders nodule — Susceptibility of differ- 

 ent animals to glanders — The bacillus of glanders, its 

 morphological and cultural peculiarities — Diagnosis of 

 glanders .... 269-278 



