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INDEX. 



Bacilli, motility of, 45 



multiplication of, 42-43 

 spore formation in, 38, 39 

 Bacillus anthracis, 357-365 

 coli communis, 304-312 

 "comma," 313-324 

 diphtherias, 279-294 

 Finkler-Prior, 340-345 

 leprse, 265, 266 

 mallei, 271-274 

 Neapolitanus, 304-312 

 nitrifying, 371 

 oedematia maligni, 383 

 of smegma, 265, 266 

 of symptomatic anthrax, 388 

 of syphilis, 265, 266 

 pyocyanus, 232-236 

 subtilis, 215 

 tetani, 376 

 tuberculosis, 259-264 

 typhi abdominalis, 295-304 

 Bacteria, anaerobic species, 33, 

 174-180 

 capsule surrounding, 136 

 classification of, morphologi- 

 cal, 36 

 constant characteristics of, 39 

 definition of, 27 

 discovery of, 13-15 

 examination of, on cover- 

 slips, 162, 163 

 flagellated forms, 45, 46 

 isolation of, in pure culture,68 

 principles involved, 68- 

 71 _ 

 microscopic examination of, 



160-165 

 morphology of, 36-40 

 motility of, 45, 46 

 multipHeation of, 36-45 

 nutrition of, 30-35 

 points to be observed in de- 

 scribing, 182-184 

 reactions produced by grow- 

 ing, 169 

 relation to temperature, 34, 



35 

 results of their growth, 29, 30 

 role in Nature, 27-30 

 spore formation in, 42-44 

 staining reactions of, 171 



Bacteria, systematic study of, 159 

 Bacteriology, application of the 



methods of, 209 

 Bacterium coli commune, 304- 

 312 

 cultural peculiarities of, 306- 



309 

 differentiation from b. typhi 



abdominalis, 309 

 morphology of, 306 

 results of inoculation with, 



309-312 

 where found, 304, 305 

 Behring and Kitasato, work on 



immunity, 409 

 Billroth, 24 

 Birch-Hirschfeld, 22 

 Black leg [see Symptomatic an- 

 thrax). 

 Blood-serum, as culture medium, 

 86-92 

 collection of, by Nuttall's 



method, 90-92 

 germicidal properties of, 

 404 

 active principles to which 



are due the, 408, 409 

 earlier observations on, 

 405^07 

 Loflier's mixture, 96 

 preparation of, 86-88 

 preservation of, 90 

 solidification of, 89, 90 

 sterilization of, 88 

 Bolton's method for the prepara- 

 tion of potatoes, 85 

 Booker's modification of Esmarch 



method, 108, 109 

 Bonnet, 20 

 Bottles for staining solutions, 



131 

 Bouillon, 73-76 



neutralization of, 73-75 

 Bread and potatoes, exposed to 



air, 209 

 Brooding oven, 111-113 

 Brownian motion, 165 

 Bulb for water samples, 428 

 Burdon-Sanderson, 25 

 Burner, Koch's safety, 113 

 rose or crown, 59 



