The Bacillus of Long Life / A Manual of the Preparation and Souring of Milk for Dietary Purposes, Together with an Historical Account of the Use of Fermented Milks, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, and Their Wonderful Effect in the Prolonging of Human Existence

by Loudon M. Douglas

INDEX

• A
• Acerbi, [8]
• Acidity of milk, [64]
• Adametz on keffir, [92]
• Albumen, [52]
• Alcoholic fermentation, [17], [84]
• Allen & Hanbury's apparatus, [132]
• American incubating apparatus, [149]
• Analysis of milk, [48], [61]
• Aneyza Bedouins, [2]
• Arabs, [2]
• Arakà, [106]
• Ash of milk, [56]
• B
• Bacillus acidi lactici, [107], [112]
• Bacillus acidophilus, [110], [112]
• Bacillus bulgaricus, [39], [46], [82], [108], [110], [123], [154]
• Bacillus casei, [113]
• Bacillus caucasicus, [92], [94], [95], [119]
• Bacillus caucasina, [39]
• Bacillus coli, [45]
• Bacillus esterificans, [96]
• Bacillus keffir, [96], [97]
• Bacillus lebenis, [105]
• Bacillus matzoon, [109], [110]
• Bacillus of long life, [46]
• Bacillus putrificus, [122]
• Bacillus subtilis, [90], [92], [107]
• Bacteria in milk, [76]
• Bacteriology of fermented milks, [84]
• Bacterium acidi lactici, [92], [96]
• Bacterium aërogenes, [92], [96]
• Bacterium coli commune, [119], [122]
• Bacterium sardous, [110], [111]
• Balkan Peninsula, [4]
• Bedouins, [2]
• Beijerinck on keffir, [91]
• Biestings, [63]
• Biology of the keffir grain, [90]
• Blood, water contents of, [50]
• Bourgoul, [6]
• Bulgarian maya, [10], [109]
• Bulgaricus group, cultural characteristics of, [115]
• Burckhardt, [6]
• Butin, [51]
• Butyric acid fermentation, [16]
• Butyrin, [51]
• C
• Camels' milk, [2]
• Caprinin, [51]
• Capronin, [51]
• Caprylin, [51]
• Carrick on koumiss, [18]
• Casein, [52], [53]
• Centenarians in Servia, Bulgaria, and Roumania, [41]
• Chatterjee on Dadhi, [38]
• Chemistry of milk, [47]
• Chocolate preparations and the soured-milk bacillus, [137]
• Citrates in milk, [57]
• Clay, Paget & Company's apparatus, [132]
• Coagulation of casein, [59]
• Colitis, [45]
• Colostrum, [63]
• Constituents of milk, [48]
• Continuous apparatus for producing soured milk, [81]
• Creamometer, [62]
• D
• Dadhi, [15], [38]
• Dairy Machinery & Construction Company's apparatus, [80], [82]
• Dairy Outfit Company's apparatus, [145]
• Dairy Supply Company's apparatus, [143];
• • steriliser, [148]
• Dirt in milk, [63]
• Diseases of keffir grains, [97]
• Dispora caucasia, [34], [90]
• Dried sour milk, [5]
• Duclaux, [51]
• E
• Edgar's "Lactogenerator," [143]
• Eggs, yolk of, [52]
• Enteritis, [45]
• Enzymes in milk, [57]
• Equipment for town's dairy, [80]
• Essaulow on keffir, [89], [92]
• F
• Fat of milk, [50]
• Ferments at the altar, [3]
• Flügge, [35]
• Freshfield on keffir, [33]
• Freudenreich, [92]
• G
• Gaseous fermentation, [84]
• Gay-Lussac, [17]
• Gioddu, [107]
• Globulin, [54]
• Grieve, Dr. John, on koumiss, [19]
• H
• Hammerstein on keffir, [89]
• Handling of milk, [68]
• Health and disease, [151]
• Hearson & Company's "Lactobator," [141]
• Hebrews, [3]
• Houran, inhabitants of, [6]
• Hueppe, [16]
• Hutchinson, Dr. H. B., bacillus from English market milk, [120]
• Hutchison on koumiss, [30]
• I
• Ice chest, [136]
• Impure cultures, [158]
• Incubators, [141]
• India, [1]
• International Dairy Federation, [68]
• J
• Jebours, [3]
• K
• Kalmucks, [20]
• Keffir, [15], [32], [85];
• • old, [88]
• Keffir grain, biology of, [90]
• Kephir, [34], [85].
  • See also Keffir.
• Keshk, [6]
• Keshk-leben, [6]
• Koumiss, [15], [18];
  • Bogoyavlensky's method of preparation, [28], [98];
  • analysis, [102];
  • artificial, [102]
• Krannhals on keffir, [91]
• Kuntze, [95]
• L
• Lactic acid, bacillus, [16];
• • cultures, [55];
  • fermentation, [16], [84];
  • Ferments apparatus, [131]
• "Lacto" apparatus, [145]
• "Lactobacilline," [158]
• Lactobac. caucasicus, [91]
• Lactobacillus keffir, [94]
• Lactometer, [64]
• Lapland, [8]
• Laurin, [51]
• Layard, [2]
• Leben, [15], [37], [104]
• Leben Raïb, [104]
• Lecithin, [52]
• "Le Ferment" apparatus, [128]
• Liebig, [17]
• Longevity, [155]
• M
• Mares' milk, [24]
• Matzoon, [15], [38], [106]
• Maya, [42];
• • Bulgarian, [10]
• Maya Bulgare Company's apparatus, [131]
• Meeresy, [5]
• Metchnikoff, [34], [40], [44], [121], [158], [163]
• Micro-organisms, discovery of, [13]
• Middle Ages, [13]
• Milk-filling apparatus for bottles, [82]
• Milk, general properties of, [57];
  • of different animals, [60];
  • supply of the United Kingdom, [69];
  • industry in the United States, [71];
  • management, [74]
• Mitscherlich, [17]
• Myristin, [51]
• N
• Neolithic times, [1]
• Nikolaiewa, [95]
• Nitrogenous constituents of milk, [52]
• O
• Ojràn, [106]
• Olein, [51]
• Oxygala of Pliny, [4]
• P
• Paleolithic times, [1]
• Palmitin, [51]
• Pasteur, [14], [78]
• Pasteurisation, [78]
• Pelouze, [17]
• Pilaff of rice, [5]
• Pina, [21]
• Podowyssowski on keffir, [87]
• Preparation, of soured milk, [81];
• • in the house, [125];
  • in the dairy, [139]
• Primary cooler, [78]
• Proteids, [53]
• Pyrenees, [4]
• R
• Reindeer's milk as soured milk, [8]
• Rubruquis, William de, [19]
• S
• Saccharomyces cerevisseæ, [90]
• Saccharomyces keffir, [32], [33], [91], [93], [94]
• Sakwaska, [88]
• Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, [49]
• Scheele, [17]
• Scholl on keffir, [91]
• Scythians, [18]
• Secondary cooler, [79]
• Shammar Bedouins, [2]
• Sheneena, [2]
• Skolotowski on keffir, [86]
• Smith, Professor Robertson, [3]
• Soured milk, in the house, [125];
• • in the dairy, [139];
  • in health and disease, [151];
  • from impure cultures, [158];
  • use of, [159]
• Souring of milk, [47], [54]
• Specific gravity of milk, [65]
• Stearin, [51]
• Steriliser, [148]
• Streptobacilli lebeni, [39]
• Streptobacillus lebenis, [111]
• Streptococcus a, [93], [94]
• Streptococcus acidi lactici, [95], [96]
• Streptococcus b, [93], [94]
• Streptococcus lacticus, [92], [93], [122], [124]
• Sugar of milk, [54]
• Sugar preparations and the soured-milk bacillus, [137]
• Suter-Naef on Swiss koumiss, [26]
• Swedish whey cheese, [60]
• Swiss hard cheese, [113]
• Symptoms of disease, [161]
• T
• Temperature allowances when testing milk, tables of, [66]
• Town's dairy equipment, [80]
• Transmission of disease by milk, [72]
• U
• United Kingdom, milk supply of, [69]
• United States, milk industry of, [71]
• Urgoutnik, [43]
• V
• Van Leeuwenhoek, [13]
• Variation limits of milk, [49]
• Vedas, [1]
• "Veronelle" apparatus, [132]
• Vina, [21]
• Vinous fermentation, [17]
• W
• Willows Refrigerating Company's apparatus, [144], [145]
• Wilson on koumiss, [23]
• Y
• Yoghourt, [9], [42], [46], [107]
• Yoghourt bacillus, [109]
• Z
• Zakvaska, [42]

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