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VIRUS—A substance either living or formed by living things which may cause disease.

INDEX

Amoeba, 13

Anthrax, 109

Antitoxin, 154

Bacteria, 116 adaptation in, 123
  aerobic, 122
  anaerobic, 122
  artificial cultivation of, 119
  distribution in nature, 121
  growth and reproduction, 118
  mode of action in disease, 144
  size, 117
  spore formation, 118
  substances affecting growth of, 123
  toxin production by, 144
  variations in, 123

Blood, 35
circulation of, 33, 80
vessels, 32

Body, 22
  defenses of, 146
  organs of, 28
  reserve force of, 50
  surfaces of, 22

Brain, 31

Cerebro-spinal meningitis, 188

Chemotropism, 93

Cretinism, 37

Darwinism, 240

Death, 57
  decomposition after, 51
  rigor after, 60
  signs of, 59

Disease, 1
  action of poisons, 44
  acute and chronic, 219
  industrialism as factor in, 243
  lesions of, 46
  superstitions concerning, 10
  urban life as factor in, 244
  wealth and poverty as factors in, 246

Ductless glands, 37

Embryo, 77

Epilepsy, 209

Eugenics, 215

Foetus, 32 infection of, 200

Foot and Mouth Disease, 129

Glands, 22

Growth, 62

Heart, 33, 221 disease of, 223

Heliotropism, 93

Heredity, 197
  influence of alcohol, 206
  of insanity, 209
  variations and imitations, 204

Hookworm disease, 179

Immunity, 148
theories of, 149
natural, 150

Infection, 135
  from external surface, 136
  from genito-urinary surface, 137
  from lungs, 138
  from mouth, 138
  from stomach and intestines, 139
  from wounds, 141
  in children, 195
  in wild animals, 191
  latent, 166
  mixed, 160
  racial susceptibility to, 191
  resistance to, 143
  by air, 170
  by insects, 171

Infectious diseases, 97
  carriers of, 185
  comparison with fermentation, 108
  epidemics of, 98
  endemic, epidemic and sporadic forms, 188
  modes of transmission, 161

Inflammation, 80 acute and chronic, 95

Injury, 54-74

Insanity, 231
causes of, 232
question of increase, 235