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The Fundamentals of Bacteriology

Part 4 — INDEX

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M

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A

Abbé, 17 condenser, 200 microscope, improvements in, 30, 36

Abilgaard, 26

Abrin, 262

Absorption of free nitrogen, 117 tests, 267

Accidental carriers, 241 structures, 43

Acetic acid, 99 bacteria, carbon oxidation, 114 fermentation, 32

Acetobacter acidi oxalici, 83 xylinum, 83

Achorion schœnleinii, 27, 34

Acid, acetic, 99 fermentation, 32 agglutination, 266 amino, relation to green plants, 119 butyric, 99 fermentation, 32, 99 carbolic, first used, 29 disinfectant action of, 159 fast bacteria, fat content, 84 staining of, 209 fermentation, 93 Bulgarian fermented milk, 98 ensilage, 98 industrial uses, 97 lactic acid, 96 sauerkraut, 98 hydrochloric, 246 production of, 110 soils, 81

Acquired immunity, 251, 252

Actinomyces bovis, 30, 36

Actinomycosis, cause of, 30, 36 path of entrance of, 244

Actions, reducing, 113

Activating enzymes, 125

Active immunity, definition of, 251, 252 production of, 252

Activities of bacteria, importance of, 31 overproduction, of cells, 258 physiological, definition of, 87 in identification, 216

Acute coryza, 244 disease, 233

Adulteration of food, anaphylactic test in, 293 complement-fixation test in, 279 immunity reactions in, 255 precipitin test in, 269

Aërobes, facultative, 76 strict, 76

Aërobic, 76, 215

Agar, composition of, 179 gelatinizing temperature, 179 medium, preparation of, 179 melting point of, 179 plating in, 188 sterilization of, 180

Agent, chemical, for disinfection, 156–163 choice of, for disinfection, 164 physical, for disinfection, 131

Agglutinating group, 266

Agglutination, acid, 266 diagnostic value of, 266 in identification of bacteria, 266 macroscopic, 265 microscopic, 265 phenomenon, 265

Agglutinin, 265 absorption test for, 267 action of, 266 anti-, 270 antigenic action of, 270 bacterial, 265 chief, 267 co-, 267 function of, 266 normal, 266 partial, 267 relation to precipitins, 269 specificity of, 267 theory of formation, 265 use of, 266

Agglutinogen, 266

Agglutinoid, 270

Aggressins, 288

Air, bacteria in, 71 filtration of, 153 “germ-free,” 153

Albumin in bacteria, 84

Alcohol as antiseptic, 160 as disinfectant, 160

Alcoholase, 125

Alcoholic fermentation, 31, 100

Alexin, 271, 273

Algæ, relation to bacteria, 37

Alimentary tract as path of entrance, 246

Alkalies as disinfectants, 158

Allergic, 290

Amboceptor, 273 anti-, 275 co-, 274 in cobra, 275 formation of, 273 hemolytic, 278 partial, 274 in rattle snake, 275 specificity of, 274 theory of formation, 273

Amboceptorogen, 274

Amebic dysentery, 29, 35

Ameboid cells, 247 colonies, 224

Amino-acids, relation to green plants, 119

Ammonia, structural formula, 103

Ammoniacal fermentation, 32

Amœba coli, 29, 35

Amphitrichic, 46

Amylase, 124

Anaërobes, 76 cultivation, methods of, 188 principles underlying, 188 facultative, 76 isolation of, 190 relation to elements, 86 strict, 76

Anaërobic, 76, 215 acid, butyric, 99 acid fermentation, 98 bacteria, first discovered, 32 fermentation of polysaccharides, 95

Analysis of ash, 82 chemical, of tubercle bacilli, 85

Anaphylactic, anti-, 290 phenomena, 292 reaction, uses of, 293

Anaphylatoxin, 290

Anaphylaxis, 289 anti-, 292 antibodies in, 291 theory of, 290, 291, 292

Anaximander, 18

Anderson, 289

Anderson and McClintic, phenol coefficient, 165

Andry, 25, 33

Anilin dyes, as antiseptic, 162 as disinfectants, 162 introduction of, 30 as stains, 204 Weigert, 36 fuchsin, 205 gentian violet, 205 water, 205

Animal carriers, 239 inoculation, uses of, 227

Animalcules, 19, 33

Animals, disinfection of, 170 experimental, 227 food relationships of, 39

Ankylostoma duodenale, discovery of, 27, 34 Egyptian chlorosis, cause of, 28, 35 hookworm disease, cause of, 28

Anthrax, 17, 28, 35 bacterium a facultative saprophyte, 238 isolation of, 29 due to a bacterium, 29 in human beings, 238 path of entrance, 243 intestine, 246 stomach, 246 persistence due to spores, 251 produced by exhaustion, 251 protective inoculation in, 30 spores, 29, 35 transmission by flies, 242 vaccine, 254

Anti-agglutinins, 270 aggressins, 288 amboceptors, 275 antisera in snake poisoning, 275 anaphylactic, 290 anaphylaxis due to intracellular digestion, 292 protein immunity compared to, 292 bacterial immunity, 254, 255 bodies, 259 place of production, 295 tabulation of, 294 body, action, 260 chemical composition, 260 formation of, 128, 260 complement, 274 complementophil amboceptor, 275 cytophil amboceptor, 275 diphtheritic serum, 263 enzyme, 122, 262 function of, 262

Antigen, 259 chemical composition of, 260 in complement-fixation, 277 syphilitic, 277, 279 in Wassermann test, 279

Antigens, fats and fatty acids as, 260 in preparation of vaccine, 285 tabulation of, 294

Antipollenin, 263

Antiprecipitins, 270

Antisepsis, 131 Lister, introduced, 35 primitive, 25

Antiseptic, 131 action of anilin dyes, 162 carbolic acid as, 159 cold as, 148

Antisera in snake poisoning, 275

Antisnake venoms, 275

Antitetanic serum, 263

Antitoxic immunity, 254, 255

Antitoxin, 261 collection of, 263 diphtheria, 30, 252 preparation of, 263 standard, 264 tetanus, 252

Antitoxins, 261–264 as factors in immunity, 295 preservative in, 263 specific, 261

Antivenin, 263

Apes, 227

Apparatus of Barber, 196

Appearance of growth on culture media, 217

Appert, 20, 31, 34

Aqueous gentian violet, 205

Arborescent growth, 221

Aristotle, 18

Aromatic compounds, production of, 104, 111

Arrak, 100

Arsenate, reduction of, 114

Arsenite, oxidation of, 115

Arthus, 289 phenomenon, 289

Articles, unwashable, disinfection of, 169 washable, disinfection of, 169

Artificial immunity, 251, 252

Ase, termination of name of enzyme, 124

Asepsis, 131

Aseptic, 131

Ash, analysis of, 82

Asiatic cholera, 27, 34, 73, 238, 239, 246, 248, 249

Attenuated, 253

Autoclave, air pressure sterilizer, 138 pressure sterilizer, 138

Autogenous vaccines, 284 in epidemic, 241

Autoinfection, 234

Autolysis, 149 self-digestion, 126

Autotrophic, 86

Available nitrogen, loss of, 113

Azotobacter, 118

B

Babes-Ernst corpuscles, 45

Bacilli, butter, 209 colon, 248 grass, 209 size and shape of, 52 tubercle, chemical analysis of, 85

Bacillus, 52, 60, 62 anthracis, 17, 36 spore staining, 209

Bacillus of blue milk, 31 Ducrey’s, 245 subtilis, 77, 83 spore staining, 209

Bacteria, absorption of N by, 117 acid fast, 84, 209 adaptability, range of, 90 advantage of motility to, 45 aids in isolation of, 197 anaërobic, 32 cause of disease in animals, 30 of souring of milk, 32 cell groupings of, 55 chains of, 38 chemical composition of, 39, 81 elements in, 82 classed as fungi, 37 as plants, 33, 35 definition of, 40 development of, 90 distribution of, 71 energy relationships, 39 environmental conditions for growth, 72 first classification of, 34 drawings of, 20 seen, 19, 33 food relationships of, 39 injurious, 72 isolation of, 194 measurement of, 40, 203 metabolism of, 86 methods of study of, 171 morphology of, 41 motile, 45 nitric, 114 nitrous, 114 nucleus of, 42 occurrence, 71 pathogenic, outside the body, 237 phosphorescent, 111, 112 position of, 37 rate of division, 43 of motion, 45 relation to algæ, 33, 37 to elements, 86 to gas and oil, 95 to phosphate rock, 115 to protozoa, 40 to soil fertility, 120 to sulphur deposits, 116 to yeasts and torulæ, 37 reproduction of, 37, 55 root tubercle, 86, 87 size of, 37, 40 soil, chief function of, 119 source of N, 102 speed of, 45 spiral, 53 staining of, 204–212 sulphur, 63 thermophil, 75, 77 universal distribution of, 90 in vinegar-making, 99

Bacteriaceæ, 62, 66, 70

Bacterial agglutinin, 265 vaccines, 282 preparation of, 283, 284

Bacterin, 253

Bacteriocidin, 272

Bacteriological culture tubes, 184 examination, material for, 228 microscope, 200

Bacteriology, pathogenic, definition of, 231 reasons for study of, 217 as a science, 17, 32

Bacteriolysin, 272

Bacteriopurpurin, 62, 63, 112

Bacteriotropin, 281

Bacterium abortus, agglutinin of, 265 coli in autoinfection, 234 gas formation by, 95 oxygen limits for, 77 pneumonia through intestinal route, 246 in preparation of sugar broths, 176 definition of, 62, 67, 70 enteriditis, cause of food poisoning, 104 fluorescens, oxygen limits, 77 typhosum, 73 agglutinin, 265 in phenol coefficient method, 166 pneumonia through intestinal route, 246

Ballon pipette, 193

Balsam, mounting in, 207

Barber, 253 apparatus, 196

Barnyards, disinfection of, 167

Baskets, wire, 184

Bassi, 27 silkworm disease, 34

Bastian, 24

Baumgärtner, 256

Beaded growth, 221

Bed-bugs, 241

Beds, contact, 116 hot, 117

Beer, pasteurization of, 141, 144, 145

Beggiatoa, 63

Beggiatoaceæ, 63

Behring, 30

Belfanti, 271

Berg, 27, 34

Berkefeld filter, 154

Bichloride of mercury as disinfectant, 158

Bilharz, 28, 35

Bilharzia disease, 28, 35

Biochemical reactions, definition of, 87

Biological relationships, immunity reactions, 255, 270

Bipolar germination of spore, 48

Bismarck brown, 209, 212

Black-leg, 51, 73, 238, 243, 248, 251 vaccine, 254

Bleaching powder as disinfectant, 158

Blood, collection of, 228 cytolytic power of, 272 detection of, 269 serum, liquid, sterilization of, 182 Loeffler’s, 182 medium, preparation of, 182, 183 sterilization of, 182 vessels in dissemination of organisms, 247

Blue milk, bacterial cause of, 34 fermentation of, 31, 34

Boehm, 27, 34

Boiling as disinfectant, 133

Boils, 237, 240, 243

Bollinger, 29, 30, 35, 36

Bonnet, 20, 33

Bordet, 271

Botrytis bassiana, 27, 34

Bottles, staining of, 206

Bougies, 154

Bouillon, 173

Boyer, 260

Bread, salt rising, 95, 97

Bronchopneumonia, 233, 246

Broth, appearance of growth in, 218 extract of, 176 glycerine, 176 medium, 173 nitrate, 177 sterilization of, 174 sugar, 176

Brownian movement, 47, 203

Brushes, disinfection of, 169

Bubonic plague, 239

Buchner, 271

Budding of yeasts, 37

Bulgarian fermented milk, 98

Burning as disinfectant, 132

Burying as disinfectant, 154

Bütschli, 41, 43

Butter, 97 bacilli, staining of, 209 rancidity of, 101

Butyric acid fermentation, 32, 99

Buzzards, 241

C

Cabbage disease due to protozoa, 36

Cadaverin, 104

Caignard-Latour, 31, 34

Calcium hypochlorite as disinfectant, 158 oxide as disinfectant, 158

Candles, filter, 153, 154

Canned goods, food poisoning by, 104 spoilage of, 51

Canning, introduced, 21, 34 principles involved, 133

Capsule, 44, 45 of spore, 48 staining of, 210

Carbohydrates in bacterial cell, 84 fermentation of, 93–101

Carbol-fuchsin, 206

Carbolic acid as antiseptic, 159 as disinfectant, 159 first used, 29

Carbol-xylol, 209

Carbon cycle, 107 dioxide, 108 function of, in bacteria, 88, 101 oxidation of, 114 in proteins, liberation of, 105 source of, 88 uses of, 88, 101

Carboni, 271

Cardano, 18

Carrier problem, solution of, 240

Carriers, 239 accidental, 241 carrion eating animals as, 241 control of, 240 intermediate hosts as, 242 protective measures against, 242 universal, 240 of unknown organisms, 239

Cars, stock, disinfection of, 170

Catalase, 125

Catalytic agents, function of, 123

Catalyzer, 123

Cattle, 227

Causation of disease, 24, 128

Cell, constituents of, 84 contents of, 41, 83 forms of, 58, 59 staining for, 212 typical, 52 groupings, 55, 58, 59 staining for, 195 metabolism, 90 structures of, 41 wall, 41, 59 composition of, 83

Cells, chemical stimuli of, 257 overproduction activity of, 258 specific chemical stimuli of, 258

Cellular theory of immunity, 256, 280

Cellulose, definition of, 83 occurrence of, 83

Chain, 56

Channels of infection, 243 alimentary tract, 246 conjunctive, 244 external auditory meatus, 244 genitalia, 245 intestines, 246 lungs, 245 milk glands, 244 mouth cavity, 244 mucosæ, 244 nasal cavity, 244 pharynx, 245 skin, 243 stomach, 246 tonsils, 245

Chaos, 25

Characteristic groupings, 58

Characteristics of enzymes, 121 of toxins, 126

Charrin, 265

Chart, descriptive, 217

Chauveau, 256

Cheese, eyes in, 96 failures, 110 Limburger, 101 odor of, 99 poisoning, 104 ripening of, 35

Chemical composition of bacteria, 39, 81, 85 elements in bacteria, 82 disinfectants, action of, 156–163 stimuli, 257–260 theory, fundamentals of, 256

Chemotherapy, 249, 255

Chevreuil, 21, 27, 31, 34

Chicken cholera, 30 pox, 239, 246

Chief agglutinin, 267 cell, 267

Chitin, 72

Chlamydobacteriaceæ, 63

Chlamydothrix, 63

Chloride of lime as disinfectant, 158

Chlorine as disinfectant, 157

Chloroform as antiseptic, 162 as disinfectant, 162

Chlorophyl, 37, 112

Chlorosis, Egyptian, 27, 35

Cholera, Asiatic, carriers of, 239 organisms in, 27, 34 facultative saprophytes, 238 path of elimination of, 248 of entrance of, 246 relation to moisture, 73 specific location of, 249 hog, 242, 248, 252

Cholesterins as cell constituents, 84

Chromogenesis, 112

Chromoparic, 112

Chromophoric, 112

Chronic disease, 232

Chronological table, 33–36

Chymosin, 124

Circulation of carbon, 107 of nitrogen, 107 of phosphorus, 107 of sulphur, 108

Classification, advantage of, 59 early, 33, 35, 59 Migula’s, 62–63 S. A. B., 63–70

Cleaning of slides, 207

Clearing of sections, 209

Closed space disinfection, 161

Clostridium, 49 botulinum, 87, 104, 128, 238, 261 pasteurianum, 118 tetani, 128, 209, 233, 261, 263

Clothing, disinfection of, 170

Coagglutinins, 267

Coagulases, 124

Coagulating enzymes, 124

Coagulation temperature of proteins, 51

Coal, spontaneous heating of, 88

Coamboceptors, 274

Cobra, 275

Coccaceæ, 62, 66, 68

Coccus, appearance of, on dividing, 57 cell form of, 52 groupings of, 52, 56, 57 division of, 52

Coenzymes, 122

Cohn, 28, 33, 35, 59

Cold as antiseptic, 148 incubator, 215 storage, 148

Colds, due to universal carriers, 240 path of entrance of, 244 vaccines in, 241

Colonies, characteristics of plate, 223–226 definition of, 173

Color production, 112

Colorimetric method of standardization, 175

Combustion, spontaneous, 116

Commensal, 87

Commercial preparation of lactic acid, 99 products, why keep, 131 vaccines, 285

Communicable disease, 232

Complement, 273 deviation test, 277 effect of temperature on, 274 fixation test, 276–279 lecithin as, 274 relation to toxins and enzymes, 273 source of, 277

Complementoid, 274

Complementophil haptophore, 273

Complements, nature of, 274

Composition, chemical, 81–85 related to fungi, 39 relation to food, 81

Concentration of antitoxin, 264

Condenser, 200

Conditions for growth, general, 72 maximum, 72 minimum, 72 optimum, 72 spore formation, 51

Congenital immunity, 251, 252

Conjunctiva as path of entrance, 244

Constant temperature apparatus, 213

Contact beds, 116

Contagion, direct and indirect, 34

Contagious abortion, agglutination test, 268 complement-fixation text, 277 path of elimination, 248 of entrance, 245

Contagium, definition of, 232 vivum theory, 25, 28, 33

Contamination of food by carriers, 241

Continuous pasteurization, 141

Contrast stains, 205

Convalescents, control of, 239–240

Cornalia, 29

Corpuscles, Babes-Ernst, 45 red, in complement-fixation test, 278, 279 malaria, etc., in, 249

Corrosive sublimate as disinfectant, 158

Corynebacterium diphtheriæ, 64, 69, 128, 233, 234, 261, 263

Coryza, acute, 244

Cotton plugs, 21, 184

Coughing, 248

Crateriform liquefaction, 221

Cream ripening, 97

Creite, 271

Crenothrix, 61

Creolin as disinfectant, 160

Cresols as disinfectants, 159

Culture, definition of, 171 medium, definition of, 171 essentials of, 172 inoculation of, 186, 192 kinds of, 172 liquid, 172, 173 methods of using, 184 optimum moisture for, 73 plating of, 188 reaction of, 81, 216 selective, 198, 199 solid, 172, 173 standardization of, 174, 175 synthetic, 183 titration of, 174 use of, 173 tubes, description of, 184

Cultures, anaërobic, 188–192 from internal organs, 229 mass, 188 plate, 188 potato, 186 puncture, 185 pure, definition of, 171 isolation of, 194–199 slant, 186 slope, 186 stab, 185

Curled edge, 225

Cutaneous inoculation, 228

Cycle, carbon, 107 nitrogen, 107 phosphorus, 107 sulphur, 108

Cystitis, 234

Cytolysin, 272

Cytolysins, 271–279

Cytolytic, 272 power of blood, 272 serums, failure of, 275 substances in immunity, 295

Cytophil group, 273

Cytoplasm, 41

Cytotoxic, 272

D

Dallera, 289

Dark field illumination, 204

Davaine, 28, 35

Death-point, thermal, 75 determination of, 215

Decomposition, how caused, 108 importance of, 108 of urea, 106

Deep culture tubes, 190–191

Degeneration forms, 54

Delousing method in typhus, 242

De Martin, 35

Denitrification, 114

Deodorant, 131

Descriptive chart, 217

Diagnosis, agglutination test in, 265–267 anaphylaxis in, 292 complement-fixation test in, 277 immunity reactions in, 255 material for bacteriological, 228–229 precipitin test in, 269

Diastase, 124

Diffusion of food through cell wall, 41

Digestion of proteins, 102

Dilution method of isolation, 194 plates, 194, 195

Dimethylamine, structural formula, 103

Diphtheria antitoxin, 30, 263, 264 bacilli, granules in, 45 involution forms, 54 carriers, 239 location of, 245, 249 path of entrance, 245 toxin, M. L. D., 264

Diplobacillus, 55

Diplococcus, 56

Diplococcus, 66, 69

Diplospirillum, 55

Discharges, 228 intestinal, 248 nasal, 248 urethral, 248 vaginal, 248

Discontinuous sterilization, 133

Disease, acute, 233 of animals to man, 232 Bilharzia, 28, 35 cabbage, 30, 35 causation of, 24, 128 communicable, 232 contagious, 34, 232 of flies, 28, 35 germ, 25, 27, 33 hookworm, 28, 35 infectious, 232, 240 Johne’s, 246, 248 non-specific, 233 protozoal, eradication, 242 transmission, 242 silkworm, 27, 29, 34, 35 skin, 243 specific, 27, 30, 233 transmission of, 26, 232

Dishes, Petri, 181

Disinfectant, 131 action of anilin dyes, 162 closed space, 161 dry heat as, 133 moist heat as, 132, 133 standardization of, 165 steam as, 132, 133

Disinfectants, chemical, action of, 156–163 first experiment in, 21 factors affecting, 164–165

Disinfection, agents in, 131–163 by boiling, 132, 133 by burning, 132 by burying, 154 definition of, 130 first chemical, 34 hot air, 21, 133 physical agents, 131–155 practical, 166–170 precautions in, 170 puerperal fever, 28, 34 steam, 134–138 surgeon’s hands, 28

Dissemination of organisms, 247

Distaso, 42, 43

Distilling sour mash, 98

Division, planes of, 55–58 rate of, 43, 91

Dobell, 43

Dorset, 84

Dosage of vaccines, 286

Dose, minimum lethal, 264 standard test, 264

Douglas, 42, 43, 280

Dourine, 245, 248

Drumstick spore, 49

Dry heat, 21, 133

Drying, 131, 132

Dubini, 27, 34

Ducrey’s bacillus, 245

Dunham’s peptone, 177

Durham, 265

Dyes, anilin, as antiseptics, 162 introduction of, 30 as stains, 204

Dysenteries, 242, 246, 248, 249

Dysentery, amebic, 29, 35 tropical, 29

E

Ectoplasm, 41

Edema, malignant, 237, 243

Edge of colony, 225

Effuse colony, 224

Egg sensitization, 292

Ehrenberg, 33, 34

Ehrlich, 256, 276

Ehrlich’s theory, 256–260

Eichstedt, 28, 34

Electric milk purifier, 152

Electricity, 79, 150

Elements in bacteria, 82, 86, 88, 89

Elimination of organisms, 248

Empusa muscæ, 28, 29, 35

Emulsin, 122

Endo-enzymes, 126

Endogenous infection, 235

Endoplasm, 41

Endotoxins, 128, 276

Energy relationships, 39 transformations, 86–90

Ensilage, 98

Enteritis, 233

Entire edge, 225

Entrance of organisms, 243–246, 247

Environmental conditions, 72, 130, 213

Enzymes, 84, 121–126 in anaphylaxis, 291 in immunity, 295

Enzymoid, 262

Epidemics, 241

Epitheliolysin, 272

Eosin, 204

Equatorial spore, 49 germination of, 48, 49

Eradication of disease, 236, 242

Erysipelas, hog, 248

Erythrobacillus prodigiosus, 66, 68, 70, 77, 113

Essential structures, 41

Essentials of a culture medium, 172

Esters, 84, 110

Ether as disinfectant, 162

Eubacteria, 62

Exanthemata, 248

Exhaustion factor in immunity, 251 theory of immunity 256

Existence, conditions for, 72

Exo-enzymes, 126

Exogenous infection, 235

Exotoxins, 128

Experiment, Pasteur’s, 21 Schroeder and Dusch’s, 22 Schultze’s, 21 Schwann’s, 22 Tyndall’s, 24

Experimental animals, 227

External auditory meatus, 244 genitalia, 245

Extracellular enzymes, 126

Extract broth, 176

Eyes in cheese, 96, 97

F

Factors affecting disinfectants, 164, 165 immunity, 250, 251 in immunity to disease, 295

Facultative, 215 aërobes, 76 anaërobes, 76, 192 parasites, 87 saprophytes, 238

Failure of cytolytic serums, 275 of vaccines, 286

Fat colors, 112 splitting enzymes, 124

Father of bacteriology, 19 of microscope, 19

Fats as antigens, 260 occurrence of, 84 rancidity of, 101 in sewage disposal, 101 splitting of, 101

Favus, 27, 34, 243

Feces, bacteria in, 72

Feeding, as inoculating method, 228

Feinberg, 43

Ferment, organized, 126 unorganized, 126

Fermentation, 31, 93 acid, 93, 96 acetic, 32, 99 butyric, 32, 99 alcoholic, 31, 34, 100 ammoniacal, 32 bacterial, 32 blue milk, 31, 34 of carbohydrates, 93–101 definition of, 93 gaseous, 93, 94, 96 tubes, 184, 190 yeast, 34, 99

Fermented milk, Bulgarian, 98

Fever, due to invisible organisms, 25 Malta, 268 recurrent, 29, 35 Rocky Mountain spotted, 242 scarlet, 246, 248 Texas, 232, 233, 242 typhoid, 232, 248 typhus, 242 yellow, 242

Fibrin ferment, 124

Filament, 56

Filiform growth, 221

Film, fixing of, 207 preparation of, 207

Filter, Berkefeld, 154 candles, 153–154 Mandler, 154 Pasteur-Chamberland, 154 sprinkling, 115, 116

Filterable virus, 234

Filtration, 152–154

First order, receptors of, 261, 262

Fischer, 42, 45

Fixation test, complement, 276

Fixed virus, 253

Fixing of film, 207

Flagella, 45–47 staining of, 210

Flash process of pasteurization, 145

Fleas, 241

Flexner, 276

Flies, 28, 35, 241

Flügge, 271

Fodor, von, 271

Food adulteration, complement-fixation test in, 279 immunity reactions in, 255 precipitin test in, 269

Food contamination by carriers, 241 poisoning, 87, 104, 238 requirement compared with man, 92 uses of, 86

Foot-and-mouth disease, 244, 248

Forage poisoning, 87

Foreign body245

Formaldehyde as disinfectant, 160

Formalin, 160

Formol, 160

Forms, cell, 52–54 degeneration, 54 growth, 55 involution, 54 study of, 32–34

Fox fire, 111

Foxes, 241

Fracastorius, 25, 33

Free acid, 175 receptors, 259 spores, 48

Fruiting organs, 37

Fuchs, 31, 34

Fuchsin, 205 anilin, 205 carbol, 206

Fungi, bacteria as, 37

Funnel-shaped liquefaction, 221

G

Gabbet’s blue, 206 method of staining, 209

Gall-bladder, 248

Galvanotaxis, 79

Gas formation in cheese, 96, 97 natural, 95 production of, 110

Gaseous fermentation, 93–95

Gaspard, 26, 34

Gelatin, advantage of, 178 composition of, 179 cultures, first used, 30, 36 liquefaction of, 103 medium, 177 plating of, 188 standardization of, 178 sterilization of, 178

Gemmation, 37

General conditions for growth, 72 infections, vaccines in, 286

Generation, spontaneous, 17–24

Generic names introduced, 33

Genitals, 245

Gentian violet, selective action of, 162 stain, 205

Germ, free air, 153 theory of disease, 25

German measles, 233

Germination of spore, 48

Germs, 33 in air, 24, 35

Gescheidel, 271

Giemsa stain, 43

Glanders, 26, 233, 238, 244, 248, 249, 268, 277

Glands, mammary, 248 salivary, 248

Gleichen, 32

Globulin in bacteria, 84

Glycerine broth, 176

Glycerinized potato, 172

Glycogen as cell constituent, 84

Goats, 227

Gonidia, 63

Gonococcus, 245

Gonorrhea, 248, 249

Good health, 296

Grain rust, 26, 34

Gram positive organisms, 162, 208 negative organisms, 162, 208

Gram’s method of staining, 208 solution, 208

Granular edge, 225

Granules, metachromatic, 212 Neisser’s, 45 polar, 45

Granulose in bacteria, 84

Grape juice, pasteurization of, 141

Grass bacilli, 209

Green plants, N nutrition of, 118

Griesinger, 27, 28, 35

Group, agglutinating, 266 haptophore, 261, 262, 266, 270, 273 precipitating, 270 toxophore, 261, 262 zymophore, 262, 270, 273

Groupings, cell, 55–58

Growth, appearance in media, 217

Gruber, 265, 268

Gruby, 28, 34

Gum-like substance in bacteria, 83

H

Haeckel, 280

Hanging drop slide, 203

Haptophore, complementophil, 273 cytophil, 273 group, 261, 262, 266, 270, 273

Harness, disinfection of, 169

Hay fever, 263, 292

Health, 296

Heat as disinfectant, 132–144 due to oxidation, 112 production of, 116

Heated serum, 271, 277, 278, 279

Heating of manure, 116

Hellmich, 84

Helmont, Van, 18

Hemagglutinin, 265

Hemicellulose, 83

Hemolysin, 272

Hemolytic amboceptor, 278

Hemorrhagic septicemia, 246

Henle, 27, 34, 233

Hericourt, 289

Herpes tonsurans, 28, 34

Hesseling, von, 32

Heterologous sera, 276

Heterotrophic, 86

Hill, 33

Hilton, 27

Hoffman, 24

Hog cholera, 231, 242, 248, 252, 253 erysipelas, 248

Holders, 143

Holmes, 28, 34

Homologous sera, 276

Hookworm disease, 28, 34

Horses, 227, 263

Host, 87

Hot beds, 117

Hunger in immunity, 251

Hydrochloric acid, 246

Hydrogen, function of, 98 ion concentration standardization, 175, 176 oxidation114 peroxide, 162 sulphide, 115

Hydrophobia, 249

Hydrostatic pressure, 79

Hygienic laboratory, 165

Hypochlorites, 157, 158

I

Ice cream poisoning, 104

Identification of bacteria, 216, 217 in blood, 269 in meat, 269 in milk, 269

Immersion oil, 201

Immunity, 236, 250–296 acquired, 251, 252 active, 251, 252–255 antibacterial, 254, 255 antitoxic, 254, 255 artificial, 251, 252 classification of, 251 congenital, 251 factors in, 295 modifying, 250 inherited, 251, 252 natural, 295 passive, 251, 252, 253 to protein, 290 reactions, value, 255 relative, 250 summary of, 295 theories of, 256

Inactivate, 272

Incubation period, 26, 232

Incubator, 213 cold, 215 room, 213

Index, chronological, 31 opsonic, 281 phagocytic, 281

Indicator, 278

Indol, 104

Infection, 232 auto, 234 channels of, 243 endogenous, 235 exogenous, 235 mixed, 234 primary, 234 secondary, 234 wound, 17, 25, 26, 27, 30, 34, 36, 233, 234, 240, 243, 248

Infectious diseases, 232 control of, 240

Infective organisms, specificity of location, 249

Infestation, 232

Infested, 232

Influenza, 239, 241, 246

Infusoria, 33

Inhalation, 228

Inherited immunity, 251, 252

Inoculation of animals, 227 uses of, 227 of cultures, 186, 188 definition of, 192 methods of, 227 needles, 192

Inoculations, first protective, 30 of smallpox, 24

Insects, 241, 242

Instruments, sterilization, 136, 167

Intracardiac, 228

Intracellular enzyme, 166

Invasion, 232

Invertase, 124

Involution forms, 53, 212

Iodine, 157

Iron bacteria, 86 function of, 89

Irregular forms, 53

Isolation of anaërobes, 190 of pure cultures, aids in, 197–199 methods, 194–196

Itch mite, 27, 34

J

Jablot, 32

Jack-o-lantern, 105

Jar, Novy, 192

Jenner, 26, 34, 253

Johne’s disease, 248

K

Kette, 32, 35

Kidneys, 248

Kinase, 125

Kircher, 18, 25, 33

Klebs, 29, 35

Klencke, 28, 34

Koch, 17, 27, 29, 30, 33, 36

Koch’s postulates, 233

Kraus, 268

Kruse, 254

Küchenmeister, 28, 35

L

Lab, 124

Lachrymal canal, 244

Lactacidase, 125

Lactic acid bacteria, 97 fermentation, 96–99

Lancisi, 25, 33

Landois, 271

Latour, 31, 34

Laveran, 25, 30

Lecithin as antigen, 279 as cell constituent, 84 as complement, 274

Leeuwenhoek, 19, 32, 33

Legumes, 118

Leidy, 27, 33, 34, 35

Le Moignac, 284

Leprosy, 233, 244, 249

Lesser, 32

Lethal dose, 264

Leukocytes, washing of, 281

Lice as carriers, 241

Liebert, 28, 34

Light, action on bacteria, 75 as disinfectant, 148 production of, 111

Linnæus, 25

Lipase, 124

Lipochromes, 113

Lipoids as antigen, 274

Lipovaccines, 284

Liquefaction of gelatin, 221 of protein, 103

Liquid blood serum, 182 manure, disinfection of, 169 media, 172

Liquids, sterilization of, 153

Lister, 29, 30, 35

Litmus milk, 177

Living bacteria, examination of, 201 cause theory, 28, 33

Localized infections, vaccines in, 286

Location of organisms, specificity of, 249

Lockjaw, 231, 233

Loeffler’s blood serum, 182 blue, 206

Loop needles, 193

Lophotrichic, 46

Lösch, 29, 35

Lungs, 245, 249

Lye washes as disinfectants, 159

Lymph channels in dissemination, 247

Lysol as disinfectant, 160

M

McClintock, 165

McCoy, 160

Macrococcus, 52

Macroscopic agglutination, 265

Malaria, 25, 30, 32, 242

Malarial parasite, 30, 249

Malignant edema, 237, 243

Mallease reaction, 269

Mallein test, 292

Malta fever, 268

Mammary glands, 248

Mandler filter, 154

Manure, liquid, disinfection of, 169 heating of, 40

Margaropus annulatus, 242

Martin, 32

Mass cultures, 188

Massart, 42

Maximum conditions, 72, 73, 74, 76

Measles, 246, 248, 250 German, 233, 239

Measly pork, 28

Measurement of bacteria, 203 special unit of, 40

Meat broth, 173 identification of, 269 juice, 173 poisoning, 104

Mechanical vibration, 80

Medico-legal examination, 269, 279, 293

Medium. See Culture medium

Meningitis, 239, 244

Meningococcus, 244

Mercuric chloride, 158

Merismopedia, 57

Metabiosis, 103

Metabolism, 86–91

Metachromatic granules, 44, 45, 59, 212

Metastases, 235

Metatrophic, 86

Metchnikoff, 256, 280

Methods of inoculation of animals, 227 of cultures, 186–188 of obtaining pure cultures, 194

Methylamine, 103

Methylene blue, 205, 206

Mice, white, 227

Microbiology, 231

Micrococcus, 52, 60, 62, 66, 68, 69, 245

Micrometer, 203

Micromillimeter, 40

Micron, 40

Microörganisms, 32

Microscope, improvements in, 30, 36 invention, 19 Leeuwenhoek’s, 19 use of, 200

Microspira,61, 63

Microsporon, 28, 34

Middle ear, 241

Migula’s classification, 62

Milk, blue, 31, 34 Bulgarian, 98 digestion of, 102 flavors in, 110 glands, 244 identification of, 269 litmus, 177 pasteurization of, 141, 144–147 as path of elimination, 248 preparation of, 177 purifier, electric, 152 souring of, 32 sterilization of, 177 tuberculous, 248

Minimum conditions, 72, 73, 74, 77 lethal dose, 264

Mirror, use of, 200

Mixed infection, 234 vaccine, 285

Mixotrophic, 86

M. L. D., 264

Mohler, 167

Moist heat, 133

Moisture, 73

Mold colonies, 226

Molds in alcoholic fermentation, 100 in relation to bacteria, 37, 39

Molecular respiration, 88, 89

Monas, 33

Monkeys, 227

Monotrichic, 45

Montague, 24

Mordants, 204, 211

Morphology, 41–58 in identification, 171, 212

Mosquitoes and malaria, 25, 242

Motile bacteria, 45

Motion of bacteria, 47 Brownian, 47, 203

Mounting in balsam, 207

Mouth cavity, 244

Mu, 40

Mucosæ as channels of infection, 244

Müller, 33, 34, 59

Mumps, 239

Municipal disinfection, 170

Müntz, 32, 35

Muscardine, 34

Mycelia, 39, 226

Mycobacteriaceæ, 64

Mycobacterium, 64, 69 of Johne’s disease, 209 lepræ, 209 smegmatis, 209 tuberculosis, 83, 176, 209

Mycoproteid, 83

Mycorrhiza, 119

Myxomycetes, 38

N

Nägeli, 29, 35

Nasal cavity, 244 discharges, 248

Natural gas, 95 immunity, 251, 252, 296

Needham, 20, 33

Needles, inoculation, 192

Negative complement-fixation test, 278 phase, 287

Neisser’s granules, 45 stain, 212

Nencki, 83

Nephrolysin, 272

Neufeld, 281

Neurin, 104

Neurotoxin, 272

Neuvel, 43

Nichrome wire, 193

Nitrate broth, 177

Nitrates in soil, 115

Nitric bacteria, 114

Nitrification, 32, 35

Nitrite, oxidation of, 114

Nitrogen, absorption of, 117 in bacterial cell, 89 circulation, 109 cycle, 107 fertilizers, 120 liberation, 104 nutrition of green plants, 118 use of, 103

Nitrous bacteria, 114

Non-pathogenic, 87

Non-specific disease, 233

Normal agglutinins, 266 serum, 272

Nosema bombycis, 29, 35

Novy, 183 jar, 192

Noxious retention theory, 255

Nuclein, 42, 43

Nucleoprotein, 43

Nucleus, 42, 43

Nutrition of green plants, 118

Nuttal, 271

O

Obermeier, 29, 35

Objective, oil immersion, 200, 201

Oblique germination of spore, 48

Occurrence of bacteria, 71

Official classification, 59

Oidium albicans, 27, 34

Oil bath, 167 essential for clearing, 209 immersion objective, 200, 201 relation of bacteria to, 116

Omodei, 27

Opsonic index, 281, 282, 287 method, 282 power, 287

Opsonin, 281

Opsonins, 281, 282, 295

Optimum conditions, 72, 73, 74

Order, receptors of first, 261–264 of second, 265–270, 281 of third, 271–279

Organic acids, 84, 110 catalyzers, 123

Organisms, dissemination of, in body, 247 filterable, 234 pathogenic, elimination of, 248 entrance of, 243–246, 247 specific relation to tissue, 249 ultramicroscopic, 234

Organized ferments, 126

Osmotic pressure, 78, 149, 216

Otitis media, 244

Otto, 289

Overproduction theory, 257, 258

Owen, 27, 34

Oxidation, 114, 115

Oxidizing enzymes, 125

Oxygen, compressed, 77 as disinfectant, 156 function of, 88 nascent, 77 relationships, 215, 220 requirement, 88 source, 76, 77

Oyster sensitization, 292

Oznam, 26

Ozone, 77, 150, 157

P

Pancreas, 248

Papillate, 221

Paget, 27, 34

Paraffin oil, 190

Parasite, 87 facultative, 87 strict, 87

Parodko, 77

Partial agglutinin, 267 amboceptor, 274

Passive immunity, 251, 252

Pasteur, 17, 21, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 253, 256, 283 flask, 21, 23, 24, 193 treatment of rabies, 253

Pasteur-Chamberland filter, 154

Pasteurization, 139–147 continuous, 141 flash process, 145

Pathogenic, 87 bacteria, definition of, 231 outside the body, 237 bacteriology, scope of, 235 organisms, destroyed by boiling, 133 elimination of, 248 entrance of, 243–247

Paths of elimination, 248 of entrance, 243–247

Peacock, 26

Pebrine, 29, 35

Pedesis, 47

Peptone solution, Dunham’s, 177

Period of incubation, 26, 232

Peritonitis, 234

Peritrichic, 46

Peronospora infestans, 28, 34

Perty, 33, 35

Pet animals, 241

Petri dishes, 181, 188

Petroleum, 95

Pfeiffer, 271

Pfeiffer’s phenomenon, 271

Pfeifferella mallei, 65, 69, 265

Phagocytes, 247

Phagocytic index, 281

Phagocytosis, 243, 280–288, 295 theory, 256

Pharynx, 245

Phase, negative, 287 positive, 287

Phenol coefficient, 165, 166 as disinfectant, 159 production of, 104, 111

Phenolphthalein, 174

Phenomenon, anaphylactic, 292 Arthus’, 289 Pfeiffer’s, 271

Phosphate reduction, 114 rock, 115

Phosphorescence, 111

Phosphorus cycle, 108 in proteins, 105 uses of, 89

Photogenesis, 111

Physical agents for disinfection, 131–155

Physiological activities, 93–129 definition of, 87 in identification, 216

Physiology of bacteria, 71–171

Phytotoxins, 127, 128

Pickling, 98

Pigeons, 227

Pigments, 84, 112, 113

Pimples, 234, 240, 243

Pinoy, 284

Pipettes for inoculation, 193

Piroplasma bigeminum, 233, 242, 249

Piroplasmoses, 242, 249

Pirquet, von, 289

Pityriasis versicolor, 28, 34

Plague, 246

Planes of division, 56, 57

Planococcus, 62

Planosarcina, 62

Plants and animals, 39

Plasmodiophora brassicæ,30, 36

Plasmolysis, 41, 42, 78

Plasmoptysis, 42, 78

Plate colonies, study of, 224–226 cultures, 180, 188, 191

Plates, dilution, 194, 195 gelatin first used, 30, 36

Platinum needles, 193

Plectridium, 49

Plenciz, 26, 31

Plugs, cotton, 21, 184

Pneumococcus, 240, 245

Pneumonia, 240, 245, 246, 248 vaccination against, 241

Poisoning, cheese, 104 food, 87, 104, 238 ice cream, 104 meat, 104

Polar germination, 48, 49 granules, 45

Poliomyelitis, 244

Pollender, 28, 35

Polysaccharides, fermentation of, 95

Polyvalent vaccine, 285

Pork, measly, 28

Position of bacteria, 37 of flagella, 45, 46 of spore, 49

Positive phase, 287 test, 278

Postulates, Koch’s, 233

Potato, acidity of, 182 glycerinized, 182 media, 180–182 rot, 28, 34

Power, opsonic, 287

Practical sterilization and disinfection, 166–170

Pragmidiothrix, 63

Precipitinogen, 269

Precipitinoid, 270

Precipitins, 268–270 anti-, 270

Preparation of antitoxin, 263 of bacterial vaccines, 283, 284 of film, 207

Preservation of slides, 207, 208

Preservative, alcohol as, 160 in vaccine, 284

Pressure, hydrostatic, 79 osmotic, 78, 149 oxygen, 76, 77 steam, 136 sterilization, 136–139

Prevention of disease, 235, 236, 253, 255, 283

Preventive vaccination, colds, 241 pneumonia, 241 rabies, 253 smallpox, 26, 34, 253 vaccines, autogenous, 285 stock, 285

Prevost, 26

Primary infection, 234

Process kettle, 137

Pro-enzyme, 121

Prophylaxis, 289

Protamine in bacteria, 84

Protease, 124

Protective inoculation, first, 30

Protein in bacteria, 84 coagulation temperature, 51 composition of, 102 decomposition of, 105 differentiation of, 255 foreign, 289 identification of, 293 immunity, 290 putrefaction of, 102–109 split products of, 291 splitting of, 106 structure of, 291 synthesis of, 113

Proteus vulgaris, 67, 70, 77

Protoautotrophic, 115

Protoplasm, 41, 59

Prototrophic, 86

Protozoa, cause of disease, 30 cell wall in, 41 in intermediate hosts, 242 relation to bacteria, 40 specificity of localization, 249

Protozoal diseases, transmission of, 242

Pseudomonadaceæ, 65, 70

Pseudomonas pyocyanea, 62, 65, 70, 128, 265

Ptomaines, 103, 104

Puccinia graminis, 26, 34

Puerperal fever, 28, 34

Punctiform colonies, 223

Puncture cultures, 185

Pure culture, 171, 194–199

Purification of streams, 73 of water, 150

Purin bases in bacteria, 84

Pus cocci, 73 infectious, 26 organisms in, 35

Putrefaction, 27, 31, 33 definition of, 102 of proteins, 102–109 end products of, 103 in soil, 106

Putrescin, 104

Q

Quarantine, 239 disinfection, 170

Quicklime as a disinfectant, 155, 158

Quinsy, 245

R

Rabbits, 227

Rabies, bacteriological examination in, 229 Pasteur treatment of, 253 path of elimination in, 248 transmission of, 239 specificity of localization in, 249

Räbiger’s method of staining, 210

Radiations, 79

Radium, 79

Rancidity of butter, 101

Rashes, serum, 289 urticarial, 292

Rate of division, 43, 91 of movement, 45

Rats, 227, 241

Rayer, 28, 35

Reaction of medium, 81, 174, 175, 216

Reactions, biochemical, 87 immunity, 255, 269, 279, 292, 293 surface, 91

Reaumur, 33

Receptors, 257, 258, 259, 261–280 as factors in immunity, 295 of first order, 262 free, 259, 261, 262 of second order, 265 tabulation of, 294 of third order, 273

Recurrent fever, 29, 35

Red corpuscles, 249, 278, 279

Redi, 19

Reducing actions, 112, 113 enzymes, 125

Refrigeration as antiseptic, 148

Reinke, 80

Relapses, 235

Relationships of bacteria, 37–40 biological, 255, 270

Rennet, 124

Renucci, 27, 34

Reproduction, 37, 63, 90

Resistance to disease, 241, 250 of spores, 50

Respiratory function, 88 tract, 246

Retarders, 143

Rheumatism, 245

Rhizobium leguminosarum, 65, 68, 69, 118

Rhizoid colonies, 222, 223

Rhizopus nigricans, 226

Rhodobacteriaceæ, 63

Rhodococcus, 66, 69

Richet, 289

Ricin, 262

Rideal, 165

Rideal-Walker method, 165

Rimpau, 281

Rindfleisch, 29, 35

Ringworm, 28

Ripening of cheese, 32 of cream, 97

Robin, 262

Rock, phosphate, 115

Rocky Mountain spotted fever, 242

Rogers, 265

Röntgen rays, 79

Room temperature, 213

Rooms, disinfection of, 167 incubator, 213

Root tubercle bacteria, 86, 87, 108 tubercles, 117

Rosenau, 289

Rot, potato, 28, 34

Round worm, 232

Roup, 244

Roux, 30

Rubbing as inoculation, 195

Rust, grain, 26, 34

Ruzicka, 42

S

Saccate liquefaction, 222

Safranin, 205

Saliva, 248

Salivary glands, 248

Sake, 100

Salt-rising bread, 95

Saprogenic, 102

Saprophilic, 103

Saprophyte, 87, 238

Sarcina, 57, 58, 60, 66, 68, 69 lutea, 77 ventriculi, 83

Sarcoptes scabiei, 27, 34

Sauerkraut, 98

Scarlet fever, 246, 248, 250

Scavengers, bacteria as, 108

Schick, 289

Schistosomum hematobium, 28, 35

Schlösing, 32, 35

Schönlein, 27, 34

Schroeder and Dusch, 21

Schultze, 21, 34

Schwann, 21, 31, 34

Sea, bacteria in, 71, 111

Sealing air-tight, 20

Secondary infection, 234

Sections, staining of, 209

Selective media, 198, 199

Self-limited, 233

Semmelweiss, 28, 35

Sensitization, 290

Sensitized animal, 290 bacteria, 254 vaccine, 254

Septicemias, hemorrhagic, 246

Sero-bacterins, 254

Serum, antidiphtheritic, 263 antitetanic, 263 heated, 271, 277, 279 rashes, 289 sickness, 289, 292 simultaneous method, 253 therapy, 253

Serums, cytolytic, failure of, 275

Sewage disposal, 101, 116 sulphate, reduction in, 114

Shape of spore, 48

Sickness, serum, 289, 292

Side-chain theory, 256, 258

Silkworm disease, 27, 29, 34, 35

Size of bacteria, 37, 40

Skatol, 104

Skin, channel of infection, 243 diseases, 243 glanders, 248 lesions, 228 pocket, 227

Slant cultures, 186

Slide, cleaning of, 207 hanging drop, 203 staining on, 207

Slope cultures, 186

Sludge tanks, 116

Small intestine, 249

Smallpox, 24, 26, 34, 239, 246, 248 babies, 252 vaccines, 253

Smith, 289 tubes, 184

Snake poisons, 263, 275 venoms, 128

Sneezing, 248

Soap, 160 medicated, 160

Society of American Bacteriologists, classification, 63 descriptive chart, 217 key, 68

Sodium hypochlorite, 158

Soil, acid, 81 bacteria, 119 bacteriology, 35 enrichment, 117 fertility, 120 organisms, 74

Solid media, 172, 173

Solution, Gram’s, 208 stock, 205

Sore throat, 240, 241

Sound, 80

Sour mash, 98

Source of complement, 277

Souring, 98

Spallanzani, 20, 31, 34

Species determination, 59, 60

Specific amboceptor, 274, 278, 279 antibody, 291 chemical stimuli, 257, 258, 259 disease, 27, 30, 233

Specificity of agglutinins, 267 of amboceptor, 274 of location, 249 of opsonins, 281

Spermotoxin, 272

Spherical form, 52

Spherotilus, 63

Spirillaceæ, 63, 65

Spirilloses, 241, 242

Spirillum, 53, 54, 55, 61, 63, 66, 68, 69 rubrum, 113

Spirochæta, 61 obermeieri, 29, 35

Spirochetes, 53, 242

Spirosoma, 63

Splenic fever, 28

Split products of proteins, 291

Splitting enzymes, 124 of fats, 101

Spoilage of canned goods, 51, 78

Spoiling of food, 91

Spontaneous combustion, 105, 116 generation, 17–24, 33, 34 outbreaks of disease, 239

Sporangia, 226

Spore, 47–51 anthrax, 29, 35 capsule, 48 germination, 48

Spores, cause spoiling of canned goods, 51 destroyed by boiling, 133 first recognized, 33, 35 light on, 75 in pasteurization, 146 resistance of, 50, 51 staining of, 209 two in bacterium, 50

Sprinkling filters, 116

Stab cultures, 185

Stables, disinfection of, 167

Stain, anilin fuchsin, 205 gentian violet, 205 aqueous gentian violet, 205 Bismarck brown, 212 carbol fuchsin, 206 contrast, 205 Gabbet’s blue, 206 Loeffler’s blue, 206 Neisser’s, 212

Staining, 204–212 acid-fast bacteria, 209 bottles, 206 capsules, 210 cell forms, 212 groupings, 212 flagella, 210 Gabbet’s method, 209 Gram’s method, 208 metachromatic granules, 212 Neisser’s method, 212 Räbiger’s method, 210 reasons for, 204 sections, 209 spores, 209 Welch’s method, 210 Ziehl-Neelson, 210

Standard antitoxin, 264 methods, 217 test dose, 264 toxin, 264

Standardization, colorimetric method, 175 of culture media, 174 of disinfectants, 165 H-ion method, 175 of vaccines, 284

Staphylococcus, 57, 58

Staphylococcus, 66, 68, 69

Starin, 196

Steam at air pressure, 134 sterilizers, 135 streaming, 135 under pressure, 136

Stegomyia, 242

Sterile, 131

Sterilization, 130 in canning, 133 discontinuous, 133 by filtration, 21, 152 first experiment by boiling (moist heat), 20 by chemicals, 21 by dry heat (hot air), 21 by filtration, 21

Sterilizers, pressure, 137 steam, 135

Stimuli, chemical, 257, 258, 259

Stock cars, 170 solutions, 205 vaccines, 285

Stomach, 246

Straight needles, 192

Stratiform liquefaction, 222

Strawberry poisoning, 292

Streak methods of isolation, 196 plates, 188

Streptobacillus, 53, 56

Streptococcus, 56, 60, 245

Streptococcus, 60, 62, 66, 68, 69

Streptospirillum, 55

Streptothrix, 38

Streptothrix bovis, 30, 36

Strict aërobe, 76 anaërobe, 76 parasite, 87

Structures, accidental, 43 cell, 41 essential, 41

Subcutaneous inoculation, 227

Subdural inoculation, 228

Substrate, 123

Successive existence, 103

Sugar broth, 176, 177

Sulphate reduction, 114

Sulphur bacteria, 63, 86, 115 deposits, 116 function of, 89 in proteins, 105

Summary in immunity, 295 Ehrlich’s theory, 259

Sunning, 148

Surface reactions, 91, 92

Surgical instruments, 167

Susceptibility, 235

Swine, 227

Symbionts, 87, 103

Symbiosis, 87

Synthetic media, 172, 183

Syphilitic antigen, 277, 279

Syphilis, 233, 245, 248, 249 Wassermann test, 277, 279

T

Tabulation of antigens and antibodies, 294

Tænia solium, 28, 35

Tapeworm, 28, 35, 232

Taxes, 203

Temperature conditions, 74 effect on growth, 213 factor in immunity, 251 room, 213

Test, complement deviation, 277 fixation, 276, 279 dose, 264 for enzymes, 123 Gruber-Widal, 268 mallein, 292 negative, 278 positive, 278 for toxins, 127 tuberculin, 292 Wassermann, 277, 279 Widal, 268

Testicle, 249

Tetanus, 231, 238, 243, 249, 251, 252 antitoxin, 252 toxin, 126

Tetracoccus, 57

Tetrad, 57

Texas fever, 232, 233, 242

Thaer, 31

Theories of immunity, 256

Theory, anaphylaxis (author’s), 290–292 cellular, 256 chemical, 256 contagious disease, 34 contagium vivum, 25, 28, 33 Ehrlich’s, 256–260 exhaustion, 256 germ, 25 living cause, 33 mosquito, 25 noxious retention, 256 overproduction, 257, 258 phagocytosis, 256 side-chain, 256 spontaneous generation, 17 unfavorable environment, 256

Thermal death point, 75, 215

Thermophil bacteria, 75, 77

Thermoregulator, 213

Thermostat,213

Thiobacteria, 63

Thiothrix, 63

Thread, 56

Thrombin, 124

Thrush, 27, 34, 244

Ticks, 241

Tiedemann, 26

Tinea, 28

Tissue contrast stains, 205

Titer, 268

Titration, 174

Tonsil, 245, 249

Tonsillitis, 245

Touissant, 283

Toxin, diphtheria, 264 effect of temperature, 262 final test for, 127 in food poisoning, 104 molecule, 261, 262 standard, 264 tetanus, 264

Toxin-antitoxin method, 254

Toxins and enzymes compared, 127 as cell constituents, 84 production of, 126–128 of other organisms, 127 specific localization, 249 true, 128

Toxoid, 262

Toxophore group, 261, 262, 273

Tract, alimentary, 246

Transmission, accidental carriers in, 241 agency of, 232 of contagious diseases, 232 of disease, 26, 28, 35, 239 of glanders, 26, 34 of protozoal diseases, 242 of tuberculosis, 28, 29, 34, 35, 238

Transverse division, 54, 56

Traube, 271

Treponema pallidum, 245

Trichina, 27

Trichina spiralis, 27, 34, 35

Trichinosis, 28, 35

Trichophyton, 243

Trichophyton tonsurans, 28, 34

Trimethylamine, 104

Tropical dysentery, 29 lands, 242

Tropisms, 203

True toxins, 128

Trypanosomes, 242

Trypanosomiases, 241, 243

Tubercle bacteria, 85, 209

Tuberculin reaction, 292, 293

Tuberculosis, 73, 233, 238, 245, 246, 248, 249 due to bacteria, 30 produced experimentally, 28, 34 proved infectious, 29, 35

Tuberculous milk, 248

Tubes, culture, 184 deep, 190 fermentation, 184, 190 Smith, 184 Vignal, 189

Two spores in a bacterium, 50

Tyndall, 24

Tyndallization, 133

Tyndall’s box, 23, 24, 35

Typhoid bacilli, 73, 238 bacillus, 45 carriers, 239 fever, 231, 233, 248, 265, 268 transmission by flies, 242 vaccine, 254

Typhus, 242

Typical cell forms, 52

U

Ultramicroscope, 204

Ultramicroscopic organisms, 234

Ultraviolet rays, 150

Unfavorable environment theory, 256

Unit of antitoxin, 264 of measurement, 40

Universal carrier, 240

Unorganized ferment, 126

Unwashable articles, 169

Urea, 106

Urease, 125

Urethral discharges, 248

Urine, 72

Urticarial rashes, 292

V

Vaccination in chicken cholera, 30 negative phase in, 287 in pneumonia, 241 in smallpox, 26, 34, 253

Vaccine, 253 age of, 285 anthrax, 254 antigens for, 285 autogenous, 285 black-leg, 254 derivation of, 253 mixed, 285 polyvalent, 285 preservative in, 284 sensitized, 254 smallpox, 253

Vaccines, bacterial, 283 in colds, 241 dosage of, 286 in epidemics, 241 failure of, 285–286 in infections, 286 preparation of, 283 standardization of, 284 stock, 284 theory of, 286 use of, 283

Vacuoles, 42, 43, 44, 59

Vaginal discharges, 248

Varo, 25

Vaughan, 291

Vaughan and Novy’s mass cultures, 188

Vegetable toxins, 127, 128

Vegetables, forcing of, 117

Vehicles, disinfection of, 169

Venoms, antisnake, 275

Viborg, 26, 34

Vibration, mechanical, 80

Vibrio, 33, 35, 53, 65, 68, 69 choleræ, 66, 73

Vignal tubes, 189

Villemin, 29, 35

Villous growth, 219, 221

Vinegar, 99, 114

Virulence, 235

Virus, 234

Vultures, 241

W

Walker, 165

Wall, cell, 41 composition of, 82, 83

Warden, 260

Washable articles, disinfection of, 169

Washing leukocytes, 281

Wassermann test, 277

Water, bacteria in, 73 filtration of, 153 purification of, 77, 150 sterilization of, 157

Webb, 253

Weigert, 17, 30, 36, 42, 257, 258

Welch’s method of staining, 210

Whooping cough, 246, 250

Widal, 265 test, 268

Will o’ the wisp, 105

Wine, pasteurization of, 141

Winogradsky, 32, 63, 86

Wire baskets, 184 nichrome, 193

Wollstein, 26, 34

Woronin, 30, 36

Wound infections, 17, 25, 26, 27, 30, 34, 36, 233, 234, 240, 243, 248

Wright, 280

X

X-rays, 79

Xylinum, acetobacter, 83

Y

Yeast, fermentation, 31, 34, 99, 100, 114 relation to bacteria, 37 reproduction of, 37, 39

Yellow fever, 242

Z

Zanz, 18

Zenker, 27, 28, 35

Zettnow, 43

Ziemann, 43

Ziehl-Neelson method of staining, 210

Ziehl’s solution, 206

Zoögloea, 44

Zoötoxins, 128

Zymase, 125

Zymogens, 121, 125

Zymophore group, 273

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