Asiatic cholera, care of dead after, 102
cause of, 95

distribution, season, race, etc., 97
mode of dissemination in, 98
portals of infection in, 100
prophylaxis against, 101

protective inoculation for, 102
Attendants, clothing of, 332

Autoclaves for generating formalde-
hyde, 303

BACILLUS anthracis, 187

diphtheria, 126

icteroides, 237

influenzæ, 139

lepræ, 175

mallei, 193

of Asiatic cholera, 95

of bubonic plague, 143

of glanders, 193

of syphilis, 167

of typhoid fever, 68

of whooping cough, 214
of yellow fever, 237
resembling typhosus, 110
tetani, 182

tuberculosis 112

in newborn, 30
typhosus, 68

X, 237

Bacteria as causes of disease, 58

effect of desiccation on, 326

of electricity on, 327

of mechanical agitation on, 328
of sunlight on, 326

Beef tape-worm, 274

Bichloride of mercury, 310

Black death, 144

vomit, 237

Desiccation, effect of, on bacteria, 326
Diarrheal diseases, monthly fluctua-
tions in death-rates from, 52

Diphtheria, 126
bacillus of, 126
cause of, 126

distribution, season, age, etc., 128
modes of dissemination in, 128
monthly variation in death-rate from,
55

mortality from, 29

portals of infection in, 131

prophylaxis against, 132

Diplococcus intracellularis meningiti-

dis, 133

Direct causes of disease, 55
Disease, causation of, 25

exciting causes of, 55
predisposing causes of, 26
Disinfectants, 298

bichloride of mercury, 310
bromine, 301
carbolic acid, 307
carbol-soap solution, 309
carbol-sulphuric acid, 308
caustic ammonia, 313
potassa, 313
soda, 313
chloride of lime, 311

chlorine, 301

creolin, 310

cresols, 309

formaldehyde, 301

formalin, 302

hydrochloric acid, 313
milk of lime, 312

permanganate of potash, 314

silver nitrate, 311
soda solutions, 313
sulphate of iron, 314
sulphur dioxide, 300
sulphuric acid, 314
tricresol, 309
Disinfection, 297
by boiling, 321

by dry heat, 321
by fire, 320

Disinfection, by heat, 320
by physical processes, 320
by steam, 321
chemical, 297, 299
special, 315

of apartments, 244
of cellars, 317
of cisterns, 318

of evacuations, 315
of hands, 319

of privy vaults, 315

of rooms, 334

of ships, 339

of sinks, 316

of sputum, 334
of stables, 317
of stools, 333
of urinals, 316

of water-closets, 316
of wells, 318
Dracontiasis, 263

Dracunculus medinensis, 263
Drying, effect of, on bacteria, 326
Dust-inhalation, effect of, 42

Dysentery, 103

amoeba and, 106
amoebic, 105, 109

bacillus resembling typhosus and,

105, 108, 110

bacteriology of, 105

cause of, 103

definition of, 103

distribution of, III

mode of dissemination in, III

portals of infection in, 112
prophylaxis against, 112
tropical, 106, 109

EARTH as a deodorizer, 314

Echinococcus hominis, 277
Ectogenous causes of disease, 56
Egyptian chlorosis, 261

Ehrlich on hereditary immunity, 31
Electricity, effect of, on bacteria, 327
Endogenous causes of disease, 56
Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis,

133

Fever.

scarlet, 209. See also Scarlet Fever.

typhoid, 67. See also Typhoid

Fever.

typhus, 247. See also Typhus Fever.
yellow, 237. See also Yellow Fever.
Filaria medinensis, 263
sanguinis hominis, 264
diurna, 266

nocturna, 266

perstans, 266

Filariasis, 264

mosquito and, 265

Filtration of water in Hamburg, effect

on cholera, 98

effect on typhoid fever, 94

Fire, disinfection by, 320

Focal zone of yellow fever, 239

Formaldehyde, 301

Formalin, 301

Formic aldehyde, 301

Fungus disease of India, 201

Fürbringer's method of disinfecting

hands, 319

GARDEN earth as a deodorizer, 314

German measles, 208

Glanders, 193

bacillus of, 193

cause of, 193

modes of dissemination, 196

portals of infection, 196
prophylaxis against, 197

Hematozoa, 218
Hemosporidia, 218