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moderately strong alcohol (80 per cent), cut, stain with haematoxylin and eosin, and 

 then clear and mount. 



The preceding methods are sufficient for most work. Some of the steps, as fixa- 

 tion and staining, have hundreds of variations. A few of thes'e variations have been 

 mentioned after the different chapters in regard to some of the more difficult tissues. 

 For methylene blue staining intra vitem, and the various silver and gold methods and 

 others, see Lee. 



