INDEX 
A 
Abscess (see Staphylococcus, 
Streptococcus, Pyocy- 
aneus, etc.), 54 
Acid, carbolic (see Disinfect¬ 
ants) 
Acid-fast bacteria, definition, 
90 
bacillus tuberculosis, 173 
leprae, 177 
smegmae, 178 
Actinomycosis, 179 
Aerobes, 32 
facultative, 32 
obligatory, 32 
Aerogenes capsulatus, bacillus, 
164 
Aestivo-autumnal malaria par¬ 
asite, 190 
Agar media, 103 
Agglutination, 154 
macroscopic, technic, 154 
microscopic, technic, 154 
Agglutinins, 65 
Air, bacteria in, 201 
Anaerobes, 32 
facultative, 32 
obligatory, 32 
Anaphylaxis, 76 
Angina, Vincent’s, spirochete 
of, 189 
Anilin gentian violet stain, 82 
Animal inoculation, 114 
Antagonism, 32 
Anthrax, 162 
symptomatic, 162 
Antibodies, 61 
Antidiphtheritic serum, 170 
Antiseptics, 35, 41 
Antitoxins, 64 
in diphtheria, 170 
in tetanus, 159 
in gas bacillus infection, 165 
Arnold steam sterilizer, 42 
Asepsis, 40 
Autoclave, 44 
B 
Bacilli carriers, 39 
Bacillus (see individual names), 
24 
Bacteria, 24 
cell division of, 30 
cell membrane of, 25 
chemical composition of, 30 
destruction of, 40 
by drying, light, electric¬ 
ity, radium, x-ray, 
heat, 41 
discovery of, 19 
distribution of, 38 
effect of chemical agents on, 
44 
effect of disinfectants on, 41 
effect of physical agents on, 
41 
forms of, 24 
gram-negative, 87 
gram-positive, 87 
granules in, 25 
in air, 201 
in milk, 202 
in soil, 197 
in water, 198 
methods of studying, 87 
motility of, 87 
study of, 87 
nutrition of, 30 
pathogenic, 87 
reproduction of, 29 
size of, 24 
spore-formation in, 28 
staining of, 85 
structure of, 25 
Bacterial toxins, 54 
Bacteriolysis, 65 
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