The elements of bacteriological technique
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique is a laboratory manual by J. W. H. Eyre, director of the bacteriological department at Guy's Hospital in London, here in the second edition of 1913, rewritten and enlarged. It begins with laboratory rules, glassware, sterilization and the microscope, then covers staining, the preparation of culture media, methods of cultivation, the isolation and identification of bacteria, the examination of water, air, milk and soil, inoculation of animals, serum work and the handling of pathogenic organisms. Every procedure is set out step by step, with the apparatus of the period illustrated. For readers interested in how medicine worked a century ago it is a precise record of a science in its early maturity. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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