The formation of poisons by micro-organisms : a biological study of the germ theory of disease / by G.V. Black.

Date:
1884
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    SECOND PART. FOURTH LECTURE. Production of Poisons by Micro organisms—Propositions—Necessity for a Physiological Study of the Subject—Digestion and Absorp- tion-Propositions—Primary Digestion—Absorption—Nutritive Digestion—Soluble Ferments—Digestion by the Yeast Plant— Mr. Lister’s Experiments—Digestion by Bacteria—Digestion by the Higher Plants—Sach’s Experiments—Sprouting of Seeds— Diastase—Nutrition 79 to 95 FIFTH LECTURE. The Yeast Plant—Cellular Digestion in the Higher Animals—Re- sorptive Digestion—Resorption of the Roots of the Milk Teeth— Digestion of Blood Clot—Digestion of Animal Ligatures—Diges- tion of Sponge — Necrosed Bone — Pathological Formation of Soluble Ferments—Relation of Soluble Ferments to Living Tis- sues—Parasites 90 to 110 SIXTH LECTURE. Waste Products—Life as a Force—Law of the Formation of Waste Products—The Nature of Waste Products—Waste Products of the Higher Animals ; of the Higher Plants; of Bacteria—Alka- loids Ill to 128 SEVENTH LECTURE. Poisons Developed by Micro-organisms — Farther Investigation Needed—Physiological Changes in Micro-organisms—Manner of Action—Inflammations and Pus Formation—Blood Dis- eases 129 to 146 APPENDIX. Dental Caries; its Relation to the Germ Theory of Disease 149 to 169