CONTENTS.

PART I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS.

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I.
BACTERIA ................. • ........ 30

CHAPTER II.
THE BIOLOGY OF BACTERIA ......... . ...... .4.3

CHAPTER III.
IMMUNITY AND SUSCEPTIBILITY ...............

CHAPTER IV.
METHODS OF OBSERVING- BACTERIA

CHAPTER V.
STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION ............. 105

CHAPTER VI.
THE CULTIVATION OF BACTERIA ; CULTURE-MEDIA

CHAPTER VII.
CULTURES, AND THEIR STUDY ............... :C39

CHAPTER VIII.
THE CULTIVATION OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA ........ *53

CHAPTER IX.
EXPERIMENTATION UPON ANIMALS ........... * x,5S