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SECTION CUTTING AND STAINING A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION TO HISTOLOGICAL METHODS FOR
STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERS

BY

W. S. COLMAN, M.D., M.R.C.P.

ASSISTANT PHYSICIAN (FORMERLY PATHOLOGIST) TO THE NATIONAL
HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED AND EPILEPTIC; AND TO
THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, GREAT
ORMOND STREET, ETC.

SECOND EDITION

ENLARGED AND IN MOST PART RE-WRITTEN

LONDON
H. K. LEWIS, 136 GOWER STREET, W.C.
1896

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