CONTENTS 
Historical 
SECTION I 
GENERAL BACTERIOLOGY 
CHAPTER 1 
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CHAPTER II 
General Information About Bacteria .24 
Bacterial Forms, 24; The Structure of the Bacterial Cell, 
25; Bacterial Reproduction, 29; Constancy of Type, 29; 
The Chemical and Physical Properties of the Bacterial 
Cell, 30; Nutrition of Bacteria, 31; Aerobes and Anaer¬ 
obes, 32; Longevity of Bacteria, 32; Parasites and Sapro¬ 
phytes, 32; Mutual Relations of Bacteria, 33; Relations 
of Bacteria to Physical Environment.. 33; The Biological 
Activities of Bacteria, 35; The Distribution of Bacteria 
in the Animal Body, 38; Bacilli Carriers, 39. 
CHAPTER III 
The Destruction of Bacteria .40 
Bacterial Destruction by Physical Agents, 41; Bacterial 
Destruction by Chemical Agents, 44; Practical Disinfec¬ 
tion, 47. 
CHAPTER IY 
The Struggle Between Bacteria and the Body Infection 
and Immunity .52 
Infection, 52; The Infection Proper—Bacterial Poisons, 
54; Immunity, 56; Protective Substance or Immune 
Bodies, 60; Application of Hemolysis and Agglutination 
to Blood Transfusion Tests, 64; Theories of Immunity, 
66; D’Herelle’s Phenomenon, 75; Anaphylaxis, 76; The 
Relation of Leucocytes to Infection, 78. 
CHAPTER Y 
The Study of Bacteria and General Bacteriologic Technic 83 
The Study of Bacteria in Living State, 83 ; Study of Bac- 
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