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INDEX. 
Bacteria, effect of drying on, 
17 
heat on, 18 
sunlight on, 18 
fermentation by, 10 
function of, 14 
influence of acid on, 12 
alkali on, 12 
moisture on, 12 
temperature on, 12 
injury caused by, 34 
light produced by, 10 
morphology of, 8 
motility of, 10 
non-pathogenic, 29 
nutriment of, 11 
odors produced by, 10 
pathogenic, 29 
pigments produced by, 10 
reproduction of, 9 
size of, 8 
staining of, 10 
structure of, 6 
Bichloride of mercury, 23 
Blastomyces, 105 
Blood, collection of for Widal, 
135 
for culture, 137 
Bubonic plague, 84 
bacillus of, 84 
prevention, 85 
transmission of, 85 
Carbolic acid, as disinfectant, 
22, 23 
Cellulitis, 45 
Cerebrospinal meningitis, 54 
Chicken pox, 129 
Chloramine-T, 24 
Chlorinated lime, 22, 23 
Clothing, disinfection of, 27 
Coccus, 8 
Colon bacillus, 60 
Complement, 41 
Complement fixation, 40 
Contagion, 29 
Culture media, 12 
Dakin’s solution, 22 
Deodorant, 17 
Dichloramine-T, 24 
Diphtheria, antitoxin, prepara¬ 
tion of, 38 
bacillus, 90 
carriers, 93 
diagnosis of, 90 
Schick test, 94 
serum sickness, 94 
toxin of, 90 
transmission of, 92 
treatment, 94 
Diplococcus, 8 
Dysentery, 115 
bacillus of, 69 
Endocarditis, 45, 46, 50, 53 
Endotoxins, 35 
Entameba hystolitica, 116 
coli, 116 
Farcy, 77 
Favus, 107 
Feces, collection of, 135 
disinfection of, 27 
Flagellum, 10 
Food, bacteria in, 14 
Formalin, 22 
Formaldehyde, 25, 28 
