V.—THE BACTERIOLOGY OF FERMENTED OR SOURED MILK 84

VI.—THE PREPARATION OF SOURED MILK IN THE HOUSE 125

The Bacillus of Long Life — Part 2

VII.—THE PREPARATION OF SOURED MILK IN THE DAIRY 139

The Bacillus of Long Life — Part 2

VIII.—SOURED MILK IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 151

The Bacillus of Long Life — Part 2

THE OLDEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD AND HER SON _Frontispiece_

1.—MICRO-PHOTOGRAPH OF A DROP OF WHOLE MILK 58

4.—PHOTOGRAPH OF TWO PETRI DISHES, WHICH HAVE BEEN INOCULATED WITH ORDINARY MILK 60

6.—TESTING-GLASS FOR EXTRANEOUS MATTER IN MILK 62

9.—CONTINUOUS APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF SOURED MILK 82

12.—_Streptococcus lacticus_ (GROTENFELDT) GROWING ON LACTOSE-AGAR, STAINED BY GRAM'S METHOD 96

13.—PHOTO-MICROGRAPH OF PREPARATION FROM ARMENIAN SOURED MILK (MATZOON) 106

14.—GRANULE BACILLUS FROM YOGHOURT. SHREDDED PREPARATION OF A FRESH SKIM-MILK CULTURE 110

15.—GRANULE BACILLUS FROM YOGHOURT, CULTIVATED AFTER THE USUAL AGAR METHOD 110

16.—GRANULE BACILLUS FROM YOGHOURT. AGAR MILK SUGAR CULTURE 110

17.—_Bacteria W._ FROM MILK, CULTIVATED TWENTY-FOUR HOURS 110

18.—AGAR MILK SUGAR CULTURE. FROM THE ORIGINAL BULGARIAN YOGHOURT 112

19.—AGAR MILK SUGAR CULTURE. SURFACE COLONY OF GRANULE BACILLUS FROM CALF'S STOMACH 112

20.—AGAR MILK SUGAR CULTURE. DEEP-LYING COLONY OF GRANULE BACILLUS FROM CALF'S STOMACH 112

21.—AGAR MILK SUGAR. COLONY OF _Bacterium W._ FROM YOGHOURT 112

22.—TWO COLONIES OF _Bacillus Acidophilus_ FROM CALVES' MANURE 114

24.—SHREDDED PREPARATION OF BULGARIAN ORIGINAL YOGHOURT 114

25.—GRANULE BACILLUS FROM YOGHOURT. CULTIVATED IN SKIM MILK IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS 114

26.—_Bacteria W._, AGAR MILK SUGAR CULTURE 116

27.—_Bacteria acidophilus_ FROM CALVES' MANURE 116

28.—MUCUS FROM CALF'S STOMACH INOCULATED INTO MILK AFTER EIGHT TRANSFERRINGS 116

29.—DIPLOSTREPTOCOCCUS FROM YOGHOURT. PURE CULTURE IN SKIM MILK 116

30.—PHOTO-MICROGRAPH OF PREPARATION MADE FROM YOGHOURT, SHOWING YEAST CELLS 118

31.—PHOTO-MICROGRAPH OF SMEAR FROM GREEK CURDLED MILK CALLED "GIAOURTI" 118

32.—PHOTO-MICROGRAPH OF SOURED MILK INOCULATED WITH A TABLET CONTAINING VIABLE AND PURE CULTURES OF _Bacillus bulgaricus_ 120

33.—PHOTO-MICROGRAPH OF MILK INOCULATED WITH A FERMENT TABLE IN WHICH _Bacillus bulgaricus_ IS NO LONGER VIABLE 120

34.—PHOTO-MICROGRAPH OF SMEAR OF CULTURE OF _Bacillus bulgaricus_ 122

35.—_Bacillus bulgaricus_, SHOWING THE CULTURES IN ENGLISH COW'S MILK 124