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| INTRODUCTION, BY PROFESSOR TYNDALL | xi |
| RECOLLECTIONS OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH—FIRST DISCOVERIES | 1 |
| FERMENTATION | 40 |
| ACETIC FERMENTATION—THE MANUFACTURE OF VINEGAR | 66 |
| THE QUESTION OF SPONTANEOUS GENERATION | 89 |
| STUDIES ON WINE | 112 |
| THE SILKWORM-DISEASE | 127 |
| DECISIVE EXPERIMENTS | 164 |
| STUDIES ON BEER | 168 |
| VIRULENT DISEASES—SPLENIC FEVER, SEPTICÆMIA | 176 |
| FOWL CHOLERA | 212 |
| ATTENUATED VIRUS, OR VACCINATION—THE FOWL CHOLERA VACCINE | 220 |
| THE VACCINE OF SPLENIC FEVER | 231 |
| THE RETURN TO VIRULENCE | 246 |
| ETIOLOGY OF SPLENIC FEVER | 250 |
| METHOD OF DISCUSSION AND CONTRADICTIONS | 262 |
| THE LABORATORY OF THE ÉCOLE NORMALE—VARIOUS STUDIES—HYDROPHOBIA | 271 |