3. Wash in water.

4. Differentiate in 1 per cent acetic acid, 10-30 seconds.

5. Wash in 90 per cent alcohol, 2-5 minutes; dehydrate in absolute alcohol; clear in xylol; mount in balsam.

2. Gentian-violet.

1. Stain sections in a 2 per cent watery gentian-violet for 5-20 minutes.

2. Wash in water.

3. Decolorize in 70 per cent alcohol until stain ceases to come away.

4. Dehydrate in absolute alcohol; clear in xylol; balsam.

3. Zieler’s Method.

1. Fix in Orth’s solution, or any fixing solution except those containing osmic acid; imbed in paraffin or celloidin.