. Handbook of bacteriological diagnosis for practitioners, including instructions for the clinical examination of the blood. Bacteriology; Diagnosis. INOCULATION OF CULTURE MEDIA. 23 3. A Bunsen's burner or a spirit lamp with a tall flame. 4. A pair of dissecting forceps. 5. Platinum needles. Each needle consists of a piece of platinum wire about three inches long mounted in the axis of a glass rod about six or eight inches in length. The wire should be just thick enough not to bend too easily. They are easily prepared. The rod is selected and the length of platinum wire is held in an ordinary
. Handbook of bacteriological diagnosis for practitioners, including instructions for the clinical examination of the blood. Bacteriology; Diagnosis. INOCULATION OF CULTURE MEDIA. 23 3. A Bunsen's burner or a spirit lamp with a tall flame. 4. A pair of dissecting forceps. 5. Platinum needles. Each needle consists of a piece of platinum wire about three inches long mounted in the axis of a glass rod about six or eight inches in length. The wire should be just thick enough not to bend too easily. They are easily prepared. The rod is selected and the length of platinum wire is held in an ordinary pair of forceps. The end of the glass rod is held in the flame until quite soft; the end of the wire is then heated to redness, and pushed into the rod to the depth of about a quarter of an inch, taking care that it is. Fig. g. kept in the axis. The whole is allowed to cool and is ready for use. For some purposes we use needles which terminate in a small loop, so that they will retain a drop of fluid. These are prepared in the same way as the straight needles, the free end of the wire being subsequently twisted round a French nail or other suitable object. The method is as follows :— I. Hold the culture tube you are going to inoculate first between the index and middle fingers of the left. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Emery, Walter d'Este, 1870-1923. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son & Co.
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