Methylated spirit may be used in the case of epithelioma, adenoma, &c., but for sarcoma, myxoma, tumours containing cysts or much blood, Müller’s fluid yields by far the best results.
BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
Methods in Microscopical Anatomy—Whitman.
Practical Pathology—Woodhead.
Textbook of Bacteriology—Crookshank.
Manual for Physiological Laboratory—Harris and Power.
Practical Histology—Fearnley.
Practical Pathology and Histology—Gibbes.
Journal of Microscopical Society.
Methods and Formulæ—Squire.
The Human Brain—Goodall.
Practical Bacteriology—Kanthack and Drysdale.
Methods of Microscopical Research—Cole.
INDEX.
Abbe’s condenser, [11]
Absolute alcohol, [21]
Acetate of copper, [89]
Air bubbles, removal of, [56]
Alum carmine, [76]
hæmatoxyline, [68], [70]
Amyloid degeneration, [149]
Aniline blue-black, [94]
oil, [102], [108]
oil water, [107]
Apparatus required, [1]
Areolar tissue, [133]
Bacteria, stains for, [103]
Balsam bottle, [58]
Barrett’s logwood solution, [69]
Bevan Lewis’s method, [94]
Bichromate of potassium, [17]
Bismarck brown, [104]
Bleaching solution, [27]
Blood crystals, [130]
Blood, methods of examining, [113]
Blood-vessels, injection of, [120]
Blue injection mass, [121]
Bone marrow, [136]
Bone, sections of, [136]
Borax carmine, [75]
Brain, methods of staining, [94]
Buckley’s modification of Golgi’s method, [99]
Calcareous degeneration, [149]
Canada balsam solution, [61]
Carbolic acid, [23]
Carmine, [74]
injection mass, [120]
Cathcart microtome, [39]
Cathcart-Frazer microtome, [42]
Cedar oil, [8], [63]
Celloidin, [30]
Cementing cover-glasses, [65]
Chloral hæmatoxyline, [92]
Chloride of gold, [82], [94]
Chromic and nitric decalcifying fluid, [26]
Ciliated epithelium, [132]
Circulation in frog’s foot, [141]
Clarifying sections, [63]
Clearing agents, [63]
Cloudy swelling, [148]
Clove oil, [63]
Colloid degeneration, [149]
Columnar epithelium, [132]
Corrosive sublimate hardening, [23]
staining, [100]
Cover-glasses, cleansing of, [57]
Cover-glass preparations, [111]
Decalcifying solutions, [26]
Dehydration, [63]
Eau de Javelle, [27]
Ebner’s solution, [27]
Ehrlich-Biondi fluid, [85]
Ehrlich’s hæmatoxyline, [70]
method of fixing blood-films, [116]
method for tubercle bacilli, [110]
Ehrlich-Gram method for staining bacteria, [108]
Elastic cartilage, [135]
tissue, [133]
Embedding methods, [29]
Endothelium, [131]
Eosine, [72]
Eosine and hæmatoxyline, [73]
Epithelial cement, [131]
Ether spray microtome, [39]
Fæces, staining for bacilli, [112]
Farrant’s solution, [59]
Fat, removal from sections, [59]
staining of, [134]
Fatty degeneration, [148]
Fearnley’s injection apparatus, [123]
Ferrier’s fuchsine solution, [117]
Flemming’s solution, [25]
Flotation of sections, [55]
Folded sections, treatment of, [58]
Formal, [23]
Fresh sections, [52]
Fuchsine, [104]
Gentian violet, [104]
Gibbes’ stain for tubercle bacilli, [111]
Gold chloride, [82], [94]
Golgi’s silver method, [96]
sublimate method, [99]
Gram’s iodide solution, [105]
method for staining bacteria, [107]
Green injection mass, [122]
Gum, [29]
Hæmatin crystals, [131]
Hæmatoidin, [131]
Hæmatoxyline, Ehrlich’s, [70]
Kleinenberg’s, [70]
Schuchardt’s, [68]
Sihler’s, [92]
Weigert’s, [88]
Hæmoglobin crystals, [130]
Hardening processes, [15]
Hyaline cartilage, [135]
degeneration, [149]
Ice freezing microtome, [46]
Immersion lenses, [8]
Injection of blood-vessels, [120]
pulmonary alveoli, [145]
Internal ear, [143]
Intestines, [146]
Iodine solution, [105]
Jung’s ether spray microtome, [45]
Kleinenberg’s hæmatoxyline, [70]
Lardaceous degeneration, [149]
Lithio-picrocarmine, [79]
Lithium carmine, [74]
Liver, [147]
Löffler’s methyl blue, [104]
Logwood, [68]
Lymphoid tissue, [134]
Marchi’s fluid, [24]
Marrow, [136]
Methyl blue, [101], [104]
violet, [83]
Methylated spirit, [19]
Micro-organisms, stains for, [103]
Microscope, [6]
Microtome, Becker, [49]
Cambridge rocking, [49]
Cathcart, [39]
Cathcart-Frazer, [42]
Jung, [45]
Schanze, [47]
Swift’s, [49]
Williams’, [46]
Mould for paraffin embedding, [36]
Mounting methods, [55]
Mucoid degeneration, [148]
Muscle, [138]
Muir’s method of hardening films, [116]
Müller’s fluid, [17]
and formal, [20]
and spirit, [20]
Neelsen’s stain for tubercle bacilli, [110]
Nerve cells, stains for, [94]
endings, [139]
fibres, stains for, [87]
Nissl’s aniline method, [101]
Nitrate of silver, [82]
Nitric acid as hardening agent, [25]
decalcifying agent, [26]
decolourising agent, [110]
Normal salt solution, [53]
Nose piece, [9]
Objectives, [7]
Oil of bergamot, [63]
cedar, [8], [63]
cloves, [63]
origanum, [63]
Osmic acid as hardening agent, [21]
staining reagent, [81]
Pal’s method, [86]
solution, [90]
Paraffin, [34]
Picrocarmine, [78]
Pigment cells, [134]
Pigmentary degeneration, [150]
Plane iron microtome knife, [42]
Rapid hardening, [150]
Retina, [143]
Safranine, [85]
Salivary glands, [146]
Schäfer-Pal method, [91]
Schanze microtome, [47]
Schuchardt’s hæmatoxyline, [68]
Sihler’s chloral hæmatoxyline, [92]
Silver nitrate, stain for nerve cells, [96]
epithelial cement, [131]
Skin, [142]
Spinal cord, [86], [142]
Spleen, [147]
Sputum, staining of, [111]
Squamous epithelium, [131]
Staining methods, [67] seq.
Stomach, [146]
Striped muscle, [138]
Sulphuric acid, [105]
Sweat glands, [142]
Tendon, [133]
Testing a microscope, [13]
Thymus gland, [145]
Thyroid gland, [145]
Toison’s fluid, [118]
Tooth, sections of, [137]
Transitional epithelium, [132]
Tubercle bacillus, stains for, [110]
Tumours, hardening of, [150]
Unstriped muscle, [139]
Urine, examination for bacilli, [112]
Uterus, [148]
Von Ebner’s decalcifying solution, [27]
Waxy degeneration, [149]
Weigert’s hæmatoxyline method, [88]
method for staining bacteria, [106]
Williams’ ice freezing microtome, [46]
Woodhead’s injection mass, [120]
Xylol, [61]
Ziehl’s carbol-fuchsine, [105]