The Fundamentals of Bacteriology
Bacterial Morphology, Staining, Cultivation, Sterilization, Immunity, and Pathogenic Action in the Pasteur-Koch EraBy Charles Bradfield Morrey
Length8h 48m
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Charles Bradfield Morrey's *The Fundamentals of Bacteriology* presents bacteriology as a disciplined study of microorganisms, their morphology, physiology, cultivation, classification, and relations to disease and the wider natural world. Organized in the methodical manner characteristic of early twentieth-century scientific textbooks, it moves from foundational principles and laboratory technique toward applications in medicine, sanitation, agriculture, and public health. Its clear expository style, emphasis on observation and experiment, and integration of biological description with emerging germ theory place it within the formative tradition of practical bacteriology, when microscopy, pure-culture methods, and laboratory instruction were transforming the life sciences. Morrey wrote at a moment when bacteriology was becoming indispensable to medical education and civic life. The book reflects the period's effort to establish a dependable vocabulary and experimental framework for students encountering bacteria not merely as agents of infection but as organisms with diverse ecological and biochemical functions. Its pedagogical orientation suggests an author concerned with making specialized laboratory knowledge accessible without sacrificing scientific rigor, thereby connecting research discoveries with classroom and professional practice. This volume will reward readers interested in the history of microbiology, the development of laboratory medicine, and the intellectual foundations of modern public health. Students and scholars alike will find in it a valuable record of how bacteriology was systematized for instruction, while general readers can appreciate its lucid account of the scientific assumptions that shaped early twentieth-century understandings of disease, hygiene, and microbial life.
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GenreScience and Nature
Length8 hrs 48 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 23, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography (Annotated)
26GENERAL FOOD RELATIONSHIPS. METABOLISM.
2SPONTANEOUS GENERATION.
27FERMENTATION OF CARBOHYDRATES.
3CAUSATION OF DISEASE.
28SPLITTING OF FATS.
4PUTREFACTION AND FERMENTATION.
29PUTREFACTION OF PROTEINS.
5STUDY OF FORMS.
30PRODUCTION OF ACIDS.
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6CHAPTER I. POSITION—RELATIONSHIPS.
31GAS PRODUCTION.
7CHAPTER II. CELL STRUCTURES.
32PRODUCTION OF ESTERS.
8CHAPTER III. CELL FORMS.
33PRODUCTION OF “AROMATIC” COMPOUNDS.
9CHAPTER IV. CELL GROUPINGS.
34PHOSPHORESCENCE OR PHOTOGENESIS.
10ORDER I. Eubacteria.
35PRODUCTION OF PIGMENT OR CHROMOGENESIS.
11ORDER II. THIOBACTERIA: SULPHUR BACTERIA.
36REDUCING ACTIONS.
12THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN BACTERIOLOGISTS.
37OXIDATION.
13OCCURRENCE.
38PRODUCTION OF HEAT.
14MOISTURE.
39ABSORPTION OF FREE NITROGEN.
15TEMPERATURE.
40PRODUCTION OF ENZYMES.
16LIGHT.
41PRODUCTION OF TOXINS.
17OXYGEN SUPPLY.
42CAUSATION OF DISEASE.
18OSMOTIC PRESSURE.
43ANTIBODY FORMATION.
19ELECTRICITY.
44STAINING.
20RADIATIONS.
45CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS.
21PRESSURE.
46PHYSICAL AGENTS.
22MECHANICAL VIBRATION.
47CHEMICAL AGENTS.
23REACTION OF MEDIUM.
48ELEMENTS.
24INJURIOUS CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES.
49COMPOUNDS.
25CHEMICAL COMPOSITION.
50ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
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