CHAPTER VII

THE NATURE OF INFECTION.--THE INVASION OF THE BODY FROM ITS
SURFACES.--THE PROTECTION OF THESE SURFACES.--CAN BACTERIA PASS THROUGH
AN UNINJURED SURFACE?.--INFECTION FROM WOUNDS.--THE WOUNDS IN MODERN
WARFARE LESS PRONE TO INFECTION.--THE RELATION OF TETANUS TO WOUNDS
CAUSED BY THE TOY PISTOL.--THE PRIMARY FOCUS OR ATRIUM OF
INFECTION.--THE DISSEMINATION OF BACTERIA IN THE BODY.--THE DIFFERENT
DEGREES OF RESISTANCE TO BACTERIA SHOWN BY THE VARIOUS ORGANS.--MODE OF
ACTION OF BACTERIA.--TOXIN PRODUCTION.--THE RESISTANCE OF THE BODY TO
BACTERIA.--CONFLICT BETWEEN PARASITE AND HOST.--ON BOTH SIDES MEANS OF
OFFENSE AND DEFENSE.--PHAGOCYTOSIS.--THE DESTRUCTION OF BACTERIA BY THE
BLOOD.--THE TOXIC BACTERIAL DISEASES.--TOXIN AND ANTITOXIN.--IMMUNITY.--
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CHAPTER VIII

SECONDARY TERMINAL AND MIXED INFECTIONS.--THE EXTENSION OF INFECTION IN
THE INDIVIDUAL.--TUBERCULOSIS.--THE TUBERCLE BACILLUS.--FREQUENCY OF THE
DISEASE.--THE PRIMARY FOCI.--THE EXTENSION OF BACILLI.--THE DISCHARGE OF
BACILLI FROM THE BODY.--INFLUENCE OF THE SEAT OF DISEASE ON THE
DISCHARGE OF BACILLI.--THE INTESTINAL DISEASES.--MODES OF
INFECTION.--INFECTION BY SPUTUM SPRAY.--INFECTION OF WATER
SUPPLIES.--EXTENSION OF INFECTION BY INSECTS.--TRYPANASOME
DISEASES.--SLEEPING SICKNESS.--MALARIA.--THE PART PLAYED BY
MOSQUITOES.--PARASITISM IN THE MOSQUITO.--INFECTION AS INFLUENCED BY
HABITS AND CUSTOMS.--HOOKWORM DISEASE.--INTERRELATION BETWEEN HUMAN AND
ANIMAL DISEASES.--PLAGUE.--PART PLAYED RATS IN TRANSMISSION.--THE PRESENT
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