Albert Schneider
Published: 2015-07-27
Total Pages: 314
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Excerpt from Bacteriological Methods: In Food and Drugs Laboratories With an Introduction to Micro-Analytical Methods The administration of the Federal Pure Food and Drugs Act and of the several State Pure Food and Drugs Laws has made the introduction of bacteriological methods into food and drugs laboratories a necessity. Because of the close relationship between the work of the bacteriologist and that of the micro-analyst, it is advised that, wherever possible, these two laboratory branches be combined in the most effectual cooperative manner. With such cooperation in mind, a brief introduction to micro-analytical methods is added. Fuller details on micro-technique will be found in special works on the microscopy of fibers, foods, spices, drugs, of water supplies, of sewage, etc. As is more fully set forth in the text, the bacteriological as well as micro-analytical methods in our food and drugs laboratories are not yet fully worked out, and the present volume is submitted hoping that it will be instrumental in bringing about a unification of methods and that it will perhaps also serve as a guide to the working out of newer and inadequately tested older methods. The volume is primarily intended as a guide to students who are interested in the bacteriological examination of foods and drugs. Its use as a laboratory guide presupposes a thorough knowledge of general bacteriology. Acknowledgments are made to the following authors for the use of illustrations: E. R. Stitt (Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology), R. L. Pitfield (Compend on Bacteriology), W. J. MacNeal (Pathogenic Micro-organisms), C. E. Marshall (Microbiology), John F. Anderson and Thomas B. McClintic (Method of Standardizing Disinfectants), and G. W. Hunter (Essentials of Biology). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.