Author : Willoughby Dayton Miller
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331145403
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (454 download)
Book Synopsis Biological Studies of the Fungi of the Human Mouth (Classic Reprint) by : Willoughby Dayton Miller
Download or read book Biological Studies of the Fungi of the Human Mouth (Classic Reprint) written by Willoughby Dayton Miller and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Biological Studies of the Fungi of the Human Mouth I always keep on hand sections of potato and egg, also tubes of gelatine, agar-agar, and blood serum, and when in my practice particularly good material, or anything uncommon presents itself, a portion of it is at once transferred to these different culture media, so that it is pretty sure to develop in one of them, at least. For example, I have several times met with a fungus in the human mouth which produces a yellowish coloring matter, and which absolutely refuses to grow on anything which I have tried, except potato. Bv use of the methods described I have isolated twenty-two dif ferent fungi from the secretions or deposits of the human mouth, and have endeavored to determine, as far as possible, their separate peculiarities of growth, physiological action, etc. It will, however, at once suggest itself to every one, that a thorough study of twenty two different fungi involves an enormous amount of labor, and might constitute almost a life task for one experimenter. The task is, moreover, rendered still more difficult by reason of the fact that many of these fungi show differences of action when cultivated in different media, rendering the number of experiments necessary to come to a definite conclusion doubly great. I shall, therefore, not attempt to present an exhaustive treatment of the subject, but rather an introduction, heping, at the same time, to establish some points which may be of use in bringing about a clearer understanding of the factors involved in the production of dental caries. 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.
