An introduction to practical bacteriology for physicians, chemists, and students / by W. Migula ; translated by M. Campbell and edited by H.J. Campbell.

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1893
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    PREFACE. This little work on Practical Bacteriology was written by rae to serve as a short text-book for my bacterio- lofrlcal course at tlie Teclinical High School, in order to diminish the amount of verbal teaching, and to avoid the continual repetition of necessary directions. The excellent works of Hiippe, Frankel, and Giinther are too voluminous for this purpose, being liable to confuse the beginner from their very fulness of detail. If, however, the student wishes to go more deeply into the subject, he will find these works indispensable. In consequence, I have, in the following pages, only mentioned the most important methods, and amongst the innumerable ways of staining preparations have only described the most convenient for use. In ad- dition, I have restricted the amount of material to be used as much as possible, so that the subject-matter contained in Chapters I.-XIII., at any rate, should be mastered in one term. The subsequent chapters are meant rather to be used in special individual cases, and on that account those things which are of practi- cal use to the physician or chemist have been treated of